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Social Capital: A Standard Method of Measurement

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  • Hjøllund, Lene

    (Department of Economics, Aarhus School of Business)

  • Svendsen, Gert Tinggaard

    (Department of Economics, Aarhus School of Business)

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The purpose of this paper is to suggest a standard method of measurement for social capital. Various authors have investigated the influence of social capital on economic growth but still social capital has not been measured in any satisfactory way. So far, each survey has used its own ad hoc methodology due to the heterogeneity of the very definition of the concept of social capital. A consensus concerning a standardized method of measurement, has not yet been reached. Based on the existing theoretical and empirical approaches, we suggest the use of a questionnaire where the principal component analysis should be applied as the most appropriate method of measurement.

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  • Hjøllund, Lene & Svendsen, Gert Tinggaard, 2000. "Social Capital: A Standard Method of Measurement," Working Papers 00-9, University of Aarhus, Aarhus School of Business, Department of Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:hhs:aareco:2000_009
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    Keywords

    Social capital; Capitalism; Communism; Factor analysis; Principal component analysis; Questionnaire;
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    JEL classification:

    • A12 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Relation of Economics to Other Disciplines
    • C71 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Cooperative Games
    • D23 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Organizational Behavior; Transaction Costs; Property Rights
    • D70 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - General

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