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Caste as Community? Networks of social affinity in a South Indian village
Arora, Saurabh; Sanditov, Bulat - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2009
We examine three theories of caste and community using new data on social networks among residents of a south Indian … village. The first theory treats individual caste groups as separated communities driven by the Brahmanical ideology of … constituencies and forge a sense of community. The resulting community may be single or multi-caste. Using a community structure …
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The Empirics of Social Capital and Economic Development: A Critical Perspective
Sabatini, Fabio - 2006
This paper provides an introduction to the concept of social capital, and carries out a critical review of the empirical literature on social capital and economic development. The survey points out six main weaknesses affecting the empirics of social capital. Identified weaknesses are then used...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010312487
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Social capital as social networks. A new framework for measurement
Sabatini, Fabio - Dipartimento di Economia e Diritto, Facoltà di Economia - 2005
The contribution of this paper to the social capital literature is twofold. Drawing on the Italian data, it firstly develops a new framework for measurement, allowing to build indicators for five different components of the multidimensional concept of social capital. Secondly, it provides a...
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Mapping Italy’s social capital
Sabatini, Fabio - In: QA - Rivista dell'Associazione Rossi-Doria (2007) 1
The contribution of this paper to the social capital literature is threefold. It first develops an innovative framework for measuring social capital, which allows for quantification of five different components of the multidimensional concept of social capital. Secondly, it provides a single,...
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Measuring Social Capital in Italy: An Exploratory Analysis
Sabatini, Fabio - Associazione Italiana per la Cultura della Cooperazione … - 2005
The aim of this paper is to trace a map of Italian local social capital endowments. It focuses on the structuraldimension of the concept, as identified with social networks. The analysis is based on a dataset collected by the author including about two hundred indicators of five main social...
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The Empirics of Social Capital and Economic Development: A Critical Perspective
Sabatini, Fabio - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2006
This paper provides an introduction to the concept of social capital, and carries out a critical review of the empirical literature on social capital and economic development. The survey points out six main weaknesses affecting the empirics of social capital. Identified weaknesses are then used...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005230901
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Irrigation and Culture: Gender Roles and Women’s Rights
Fredriksson, Per G.; Gupta, Satyendra Kumar - 2020
autocracy and a culture of collectivism. These are both associated with weaker female property rights. …
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Economic Production and the Spread of Supernatural Beliefs
Araújo, Daniel; Carrillo, Bladimir; Sampaio, Breno - 2021
Religion and beliefs in the supernatural are present in all societies. Yet, studies about the spread of small-scale supernatural belief systems remain quite limited. In this work, we test the anthropological hypothesis that historical dependence on pastoralism favored the adoption of customs...
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Beyond Religion and Culture : The Economic Consequences of the Institutionalization of Sharia Law
Lattanzio, Gabriele - 2019
Religious and cultural practices have major implications for a Country's economic performance. However, it is not clear if the institutionalization of these social norms within a country's legal system causes material economic effects. In this study I show this to be the case. By employing the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012902057
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Long-Run Development and the New Cultural Economics
Gershman, Boris - 2016
This paper reviews recent economics literature on culture, with an emphasis on its relation to the field of long …-run growth and development. It examines the key issues debated in the new cultural economics: causal effects of culture on … economic outcomes, the origins and social costs of culture, as well as cultural transmission, persistence, and change. Some of …
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