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The impact of social capital on crime: evidence from the Netherlands
Akçomak, I. Semih; ter Weel, Bas - 2008
This paper investigates the relation between social capital and crime. The analysis contributes to explaining why crime … novel indicators to measure social capital, we find a link between social capital and crime. Our results suggest that higher … levels of social capital are associated with lower crime rates and that municipalities' historical states in terms of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277209
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The 60s Turnaround as a Test on the Causal Relationship between Sociability and Happiness
Becchetti, Leonardo; Ricca, Elena Giachin; Pelloni, … - 2009
The nexus between social leisure and life satisfaction is riddled with endogeneity problems. In investigating the causal relationship going from the first to the second variable we start from considering that retirement is an event after which the time investable in (the outside job) relational...
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Social capital at the outburst of the economic crisis in Greece, 2008-2010
Daskalopoulou, Irene - In: International Journal of Business and Economic Sciences … 9 (2016) 2, pp. 79-86
Purpose - Social capital and its core components of social trust and associational activity are widely acknowledged as a core feature of strong and active civil societies that promote effective democratic governance and economic prosperity. Within this context the present study sets out to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011932771
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The fragility of social capital
Sabatini, Fabio; Antoci, Angelo; Sodini, Mauro - 2009
This paper addresses two hot topics of the contemporary debate, social capital and economic growth. Our theoretical analysis sheds light on decisive but so far neglected issues: how does social capital accumulate over time? Which is the relationship between social capital, technical progress and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010279513
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Social capital and banking system profitability: A survey of European Union countries
Nayebyazdi, Arash - In: European Journal of Government and Economics (EJGE) 8 (2019) 1, pp. 48-62
Over the last years, the concept of social capital as a facilitator of economic activities has been a remarkable issue among economists. In this article, we study the impact of social capital on banking performance focusing on profitability in the European Union for period 2008-2016. Social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012218008
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Social capital and the spread of Covid-19: Insights from European countries
Bartscher, Alina Kristin; Seitz, Sebastian; Slotwinski, … - 2020
Austria, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Swe­den, Switzerland and the UK. We exploit within-country variation in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012222254
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Social Capital and the Spread of Covid-19: Insights from European Countries
Bartscher, Alina Kristin; Seitz, Sebastian; Sieglich, … - 2020
, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK. Exploiting within-country variation, we show that a one …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012227686
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Social Capital and the Spread of COVID-19: Insights from European Countries
Bartscher, Alina Kristin; Seitz, Sebastian; Siegloch, … - 2020
, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK. Exploiting within-country variation, we show that a one …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012269988
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Social capital and the spread of Covid-19: Insights from European countries
Bartscher, Alina K.; Seitz, Sebastian; Siegloch, Sebastian - 2020
, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK. We exploit within-country variation in social capital and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012290546
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When Crime Tears Communities Apart: Social Capital and Organised Crime
Calamunci, Francesca Maria; Frattini, Federico Fabio - 2023
What is the long-term effect of organised crime presence on social capital accumulation? By leveraging novel social … capital and organised crime data, this study investigates this question within the Italian landscape. In an instrumental … variable (IV) setting, we exploit the forced resettlement law that compelled organised crime members living in the South of …
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