Artikel

Participation, growth and social poverty: Social capital in a homogeneous society

We introduce social capital accumulation into a neoclassical model, showing how it differs from physical and human capital accumulation. We take the view that social capital is crucial to the enjoyment of socially provided goods and that it is mainly accumulated by means of participation to social activities. Under-investment in social capital may lead a growing economy to fall into a social poverty trap. We argue that this risk is particularly relevant for advanced societies.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Journal: The Open Economics Journal ; ISSN: 1874-9194h ; Volume: 1 ; Year: 2008 ; Pages: 1-13 ; Sharjah: Bentham Open

Classification
Wirtschaft
Externalities
General Welfare; Well-Being
Time Allocation and Labor Supply
One, Two, and Multisector Growth Models
Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification
Subject
social capital
self-protection choices
social poverty traps

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Antoci, Angelo
Sacco, Pier Luigi
Vanin, Paolo
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Bentham Open
(where)
Sharjah
(when)
2008

DOI
doi:10.2174/1874919400801010001
Handle
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Object type

  • Artikel

Associated

  • Antoci, Angelo
  • Sacco, Pier Luigi
  • Vanin, Paolo
  • Bentham Open

Time of origin

  • 2008

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