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 …

Migration has manifested itself to historic highs, creating divisive views among politicians,
policy makers, and individuals. The present paper studies the Europeans' attitudes toward …

Financial inclusion is an important driver of economic growth, but gender gaps persist in
financial activity, especially in low‐income countries. This study analyses the impact of text …

Along the pathway traced by few recent contribution that attempt to identify the causal effect
of social capital on health, this paper analyzes whether individual social capital reduces the …

Social supports have been shown to affect health in a variety of ways. This paper explores a
hitherto ignored avenue linking social supports to health, namely through their influence on …

In this paper, we explore one mechanism that may underlie the negative relationship
between social capital and smoking: whether social capital strengthens the effect of anti …

This study analyzes the role of social capital in buffering the negative relationship between
informal-care provision and mental health. Using data from the German Socio-Economic …

Almost a decade has passed since Richard Scheffler convened the first workshop on social
capital and health at the University of California at Berkeley that brought together health …

This paper examines the effects of individual social capital on various health outcomes
using the Indonesian Family Life Survey (IFLS4 and IFLS5). Few studies have covered the …

The analysis of the relationship between social capital and smoking, and more generally
between social capital and health-related behaviors, has been the only attempt to study a …