Social capital, economic growth and well-being

• Tác giả: Francesco Sarracino
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• ISBN-13: 978-8866552772
• ISBN-13: 978-8892735750
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 338 Production
• Thông tin xuất bản: Firenze : Firenze University Press, 2012
• Mô tả vật lý: 1 electronic resource (166 p.)
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 241234
• Chủ đề: 1. Teaching of specific groups & persons with special educational needs

Tóm tắt

In the long run economic growth does not improve people's well-being. Traditional theories - adaptation and social comparisons - explain this evidence, but they don't explain what shapes the trend of subjective well-being and its differences across countries. Recent research identified in social capital a plausible candidate to explain the trends of well-being. This dissertation adopts various econometric techniques to explore the relationship over time among social capital, economic growth and subjective well-being. The main conclusion is that social capital is a good predictor of the trend of subjective well-being, both within and across countries. Hence, policies for well-being should aim at preserving and enhancing social capital for the quality of the social environment matters.