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Social Capital and Health: What the Empirical Literature Teaches Us?

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  • Jie He

    (CERDI - Centre d'Études et de Recherches sur le Développement International - UdA - Université d'Auvergne - Clermont-Ferrand I - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Thomas Poder

    (CERDI - Centre d'Études et de Recherches sur le Développement International - UdA - Université d'Auvergne - Clermont-Ferrand I - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

Abstract

Over the last two decades no single concept has more aggressively captured the scholarly imagination in diverse academic disciplines than social capital. Social scientists from various fields have posited its existence, deployed it in empirical studies, and have begun to suggest policy applications. As a result, social capital is now everywhere, but nobody knows how it actually works. And this problem is even more prevalent in health than in any other field. In this setting, this brief article sets out to investigate what is known so far about the associations between social capital and health, and offers suggestions as to how produce more health.

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  • Jie He & Thomas Poder, 2010. "Social Capital and Health: What the Empirical Literature Teaches Us?," Post-Print halshs-00601335, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:halshs-00601335
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    1. Dinda, Soumyananda, 2016. "Interrelationships between Social and human Capital, and Economic Growth," MPRA Paper 89646, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 2017.
    2. Muhammad Tariq MAJEED* & Rabia LIAQAT**, 2019. "HEALTH OUTCOMES OF SOCIAL INCLUSION: Empirical Evidence," Pakistan Journal of Applied Economics, Applied Economics Research Centre, vol. 29(2), pages 201-242.
    3. Herberholz, Chantal & Phuntsho, Sonam, 2018. "Social capital, outpatient care utilization and choice between different levels of health facilities in rural and urban areas of Bhutan," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 211(C), pages 102-113.

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