Social capital has been shown to be positively associated with a range of health outcomes, yet few studies have … explored the association between mothers' social capital and child health. We examine the relationship between mothers' access … to social capital via participation in community activities and their children's health. Instrumental variable estimator …

human capital, social capital, and health outcomes are critically examined for a low income country, India. If individuals … likely to have health problems and are therefore physically healthier. In an attempt to test the so-called relationship … impact upon social capital, which in turn enhances self-reported health. Secondly, we provide a comparison of three main …

with health variables, virtually always in a direction consistent with the hypothesis that social capital improves health … subject the social capital and health hypothesis to an expanded set of rigorous tests, which, by surviving, it becomes … combination of study characteristics that are each relatively unusual in social capital and health research. Though causality …

relationship between social capital and health by applying simultaneous-equations based on structural modeling and IVs regression …. Our main findings corroborate the hypothesis of reverse causality between social capital and health i.e. bidirectional … causality running from social capital to health and from health to social capital is identified. Furthermore, our empirical …

. While economists and public health scholars realize the independent effects social capital and stringent public health rules … prevention, where public health measures are more stringent, and where there are higher levels of social capital. We estimate … important role in the spread and prevention of infectious diseases independent of formal, governmental public health responses …