Arbeitspapier
On Representative Social Capital
This paper analyzes data for a random sample drawn from the Dutch population who reveal their propensity to invest and reward investments in building up social capital by means of an economic experiment. We find substantial heterogeneity in the propensity to invest and in the propensity to reward investments. In particular, we find strong evidence that the young, elderly, and low educated individuals invest relatively less, but are relatively more likely to reward investments in social capital. On the other hand, labor market participation, income, and religion do not have any significant impact on behavior in the experiment.
- Language
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 1145
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General
Design of Experiments: General
Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification
- Subject
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social capital investments
experimental economics
representative samples
Social Capital
Experiment
Niederlande
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Bellemare, Charles
Kröger, Sabine
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
- (who)
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Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
- (where)
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Bonn
- (when)
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2004
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Bellemare, Charles
- Kröger, Sabine
- Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Time of origin
- 2004
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