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Social Capital and Political Institutions: Evidence that Democracy Fosters Trust
Ljunge, Martin - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2013
This paper finds evidence that more democratic political institutions increase trust. Second generation immigrants with … country, those whose father was born in a more democratic country express higher trust than those whose father was born in a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011188488
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Innovation and Social Capital in the Small-Medium Enterprises: a case of bamboo handicraft in Indonesia
Brata, Aloysius Gunadi - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
innovation in the bamboo handicraft. Social capital, measured by an index of trust significantly influences the innovation index …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004980400
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Who trusts Berlusconi? : an econometric analysis of the role of television in the political arena
Sabatini, Fabio - 2011
television in the formation of political consensus in Italy. Based on probit and instrumental variables estimates, we find trust … in television to be the most significant predictor of trust in the Italian prime minister. The latter is also strongly … and negatively correlated with trust in the judicial system and tolerance towards immigrants. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011524858
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Who trusts Berlusconi? An econometric analysis of the role of television in the political arena
Sabatini, Fabio - 2011
television in the formation of political consensus in Italy. Based on probit and instrumental variables estimates, we find trust … in television to be the most significant predictor of trust in the Italian prime minister. The latter is also strongly … and negatively correlated with trust in the judicial system and tolerance towards immigrants. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011496156
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Who trusts Berlusconi? An econometric analysis of the role of television in the political arena
Sabatini, Fabio - Economics and Econometrics Research Institute (EERI) - 2011
television in the formation of political consensus in Italy. Based on probit and instrumental variables estimates, we find trust … in television to be the most significant predictor of trust in the Italian prime minister. The latter is also strongly … and negatively correlated with trust in the judicial system and tolerance towards immigrants. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009643453
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Democracy or videocracy? An econometric analysis of the role of television in the Italian political arena
Sabatini, Fabio - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
television in the formation of political consensus in Italy. Based on probit and instrumental variables estimates, we find trust … in television to be the most significant predictor of trust in the Italian prime minister. The latter is also strongly … and negatively correlated with trust in the judicial system and tolerance towards immigrants. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009025249
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Adolescent Well-being and Life Satisfaction : impact of Digital Technology Usage
Mihajlović, Iris; Djevojić, Cvijeta; Stanković, Marino - In: Business systems research : a system view accross … 14 (2023) 2, pp. 124-144
Background: Digital technologies have significantly changed the way adolescents perceive the world around them. The perception of the social environment is crucial for their well-being and health. Objectives: This paper aims to evaluate the relationship between the perceived life circumstances...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014527261
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A Typology of Social Capital and Associated Network Measures
Jackson, Matthew O. - 2019
I provide a typology of social capital, breaking it down into seven more fundamental forms of capital: information capital, brokerage capital, coordination and leadership capital, bridging capital, favor capital, reputation capital, and community capital. I discuss how most of these forms of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012900616
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Effects of Volunteering for Nonprofit Organizations on Social Capital Formation: Evidence from a Statewide Survey
Kolodinsky, Jane; Kimberly, Garret; Isham, Jonathan - 2004
As membership in traditional civic organizations declines in the United States (Putnam, 2000), could volunteering for nonprofit organizations be an alternative source of social capital formation? We use an updated household production framework (Becker, 1996) to theoretically connect...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005417025
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The Effects of Volunteering for Non-profit Organizations on Social Capital Formation: Evidence from a Statewide Survey
Kolodinsky, Jane; Kimberly, Garret; Isham, Jonathan - 2003
We use the household production framework to theoretically connect sociability and purposive incentives for volunteering and two forms of social capital: social connections and civic capacity. Then, using a unique statewide data set, we estimate the determinants of (a) the probability of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005636233