The COVID-19 pandemic has and will continue to result in negative mental health outcomes
such as depression, anxiety and traumatic stress in people and populations throughout the …

Social capital is an old concept but it entered into academic and policy debates only in
1990s. Its importance in explaining economic and social phenomena have been …

Social capital describes the social bonds that exist within a community and comprises norms
of reciprocity and trust as well as social relationships and social networks. We use data from …

The Economics of Health and Health Care is the market-leading health economics textbook,
providing comprehensive coverage of all the key topics, and balancing economic theory …

Abstract In 1988, James Coleman observed that “social capital is defined by its function. It is
not a single entity but a variety of different entities, with two elements in common: they all …

We investigate the causal effect of retirement on health and cognitive abilities by exploiting
the panel dimension of the first two waves of the Survey of Health Ageing and Retirement in …

Social capital is an expanding research theme in economics, but it remains a controversial
concept and its use as an analytical tool has been questioned. The criticisms are …

Social capital is a neglected determinant of health in low and middle income countries. To
date, majority of evidence syntheses on social capital and health are based upon high …

This study examines the impact of social engagement on elderly health in China. A two-
stage residual inclusion (2SRI) regression approach was used to examine the causal …

We test the relationship between happiness and self-rated health in Italy. The analysis relies
on a unique dataset collected through the administration of a questionnaire to a …