Social capital, economic growth and well-being
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...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Firenze
Firenze University Press
2012
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| Series: | Premio Ricerca «Città di Firenze»
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| Collection: | OAPEN - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | 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. |
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| Item Description: | Creative Commons (cc), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/ |
| Physical Description: | 166 p. |
| ISBN: | 9788892735750 9788866552772 978-88-6655-277-2 |