Social capital and economic well-being in Germany's regions: An exploratory spatial data analysis

Artikel

This article explores social capital in Germany in line with Putnam's claim that social capital benefits regional economic well-being. In particular, this macro-level study examines whether the number of civic associations, as a measure of a vibrant civil society, is related to higher GDP. Since this study uses spatial data on civic associations and official statistics concerning the German NUTS-3 regions, different spatial matrices model interdependencies among the dependent units of analysis. Exploratory spatial data analysis illustrates spatial patterns between districts, as well as each variable's radius of influence. Cross-sectional spatial models help examine social capital's effect on regional economic well-being. Results of these analyses are two-fold: first, the geographical scope of social capital is locally concentrated, whereas the sphere of economic well-being encloses a wider area. Second, social capital correlates positively with economic well-being in Germany's many regions.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Journal: REGION ; ISSN: 2409-5370 ; Volume: 3 ; Year: 2016 ; Issue: 1 ; Pages: 1-24 ; Louvain-la-Neuve: European Regional Science Association (ERSA)

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft
• Thema: social capital ; civic associations ; economic well-being ; Germany ; spatial interdependence

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Botzen, Katrin
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): European Regional Science Association (ERSA)
• (wo): Louvain-la-Neuve
• (wann): 2016

Weitere Informationen

• DOI: doi:10.18335/region.v3i1.73
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/145122
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ