Social Capital / Steven N. Durlauf, Marcel Fafchamps.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Durlauf, Steven N.

Contributor:

National Bureau of Economic Research.

Fafchamps, Marcel.

Series:

Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w10485.

NBER working paper series no. w10485

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2004.

Summary:

This paper surveys research on social capital. We explore the concepts that motivate the social capital literature, efforts to formally model social capital using economic theory, the econometrics of social capital, and empirical studies of the role of social capital in various socioeconomic outcomes. While our focus is primarily on the place of social capital in economics, we do consider its broader social science context. We argue that while the social capital literature has produced many insights, a number of conceptual and statistical problems exist with the current use of social capital by social scientists. We propose some ways to strengthen the social capital literature.

Notes:

Print version record

May 2004.