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Social capital and health across the life cycle

In: Elgar Companion to Social Capital and Health

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  • Eric Nauenberg

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This chapter applies the life cycle explanation of models by Modigliani (Modigliani and Brumberg, 1980) and by Glaeser et al. (2002) to guide investment in the social services available to people, especially the elderly. Do people invest in their own social capital so that it will be there when needed? The chapter identifies four pathways by which social capital benefits the elderly: providing information; reducing stress; developing personal responsibility; and social groups acting in concert.

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  • Eric Nauenberg, 2018. "Social capital and health across the life cycle," Chapters, in: Sherman Folland & Eric Nauenberg (ed.), Elgar Companion to Social Capital and Health, chapter 5, pages 47-69, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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