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The productivity of social capital: An econometric analysis of 49 Peruvian highland communities
Wiig, Henrik - 2003
Many empirical studies find a partial negative effect of market integration on cooperation in traditional poor small … paper takes the empirical analysis one step further by estimating the effect on income. A survey on cooperation, institutions … function including Social Capital. None of the variables representing customary cooperation were significant in an econometric …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010284429
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The effect of voluntary participation on cooperation
Nosenzo, Daniele; Tufano, Fabio - 2017
We study the effects of voluntary participation on cooperation in collective action problems. Voluntary participation … may foster cooperation through a mechanism of assortative selection of interaction partners based on false consensus bias …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012029805
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Unsichere Zukünfte und die Entstehung von Kooperation: Wie Erwartungen kollektives Handeln ermöglichen
Ergen, Timur; Seeliger, Martin - 2018
The paper develops a sociological approach for understanding the role of expectations in collective action. It argues that an approach based on expectations is better suited to explain collective action in episodes of social change than existing sociological theories. Two case studies - one on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011904701
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Entry or exit? The effect of voluntary participation on cooperation
Nosenzo, Daniele; Tufano, Fabio - 2015
We study the effects of voluntary participation on cooperation in collective action problems. Voluntary participation … may foster cooperation through an entry mechanism, which leads to assortative selection of interaction partners, or an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011444299
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Fostering co-operation through participation in natural resource management. An integrative review
Ortiz-Riomalo, Juan Felipe; Koessler, Ann-Kathrin; … - 2022
Solving humanity's social-environmental challenges calls for co-operation by the relevant actors. Hence, involving them … interventions effectively foster co-operation for sustainable natural resource management? Research on collective action and … Development (IAD) framework. Our review shows that participatory interventions can foster co-operation (a) by helping the relevant …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013184026
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When Fairness Is Not Enough: The Disproportionate Contributions of the Poor in a Collective Action Problem
Malthouse, Eugene; Pilgrim, Charlie; Hills, Thomas; … - 2023
Many of our most pressing challenges, from combating climate change to dealing with pandemics, are collective action problems: situations in which individual and collective interests conflict with each other. In such situations people face a dilemma about making individually costly but...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014377082
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Social capital and community efficacy: In poor localities of Addis Ababa Ethiopia
Kassahun, Samson - 2005
This study explores how social capital and human and economic variations in poor localities influence the capacity for community efficacy. Through a multivariate analysis using 497 households in poor localities of Addis Ababa, we investigate how social capital dimensions (density of membership,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010327492
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Social capital and the spread of Covid-19: Insights from European countries
Bartscher, Alina Kristin; Seitz, Sebastian; Slotwinski, … - 2020
We explore the role of social capital in the spread of the recent Covid-19 pan­demic in independent analyses for Austria, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Swe­den, Switzerland and the UK. We exploit within-country variation in social capital and Covid-19 cases to show that...
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
We explore the role of social capital in the spread of the recent Covid-19 pandemic in independent analyses for Austria, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK. Exploiting within-country variation, we show that a one standard deviation increase in social capital leads to...
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
We explore the role of social capital in the spread of the recent Covid-19 pandemic in independent analyses for Austria, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK. Exploiting within-country variation, we show that a one standard deviation increase in social capital leads to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012269988