The concept of social capital has been inconsistently defined and described.[i] That should not be surprising, given that social capital is intangible and not easily measured. (The same is true of ...

A range of factors having to do with the social capital characteristics of communities, and, more generally, of society, have been linked to outcomes in population health, economic performance, social ...

There have been several attempts to measure social capital—the value inhering in relationships—at an aggregate level, but researchers lack comprehensive individual-level social capital measures. Using ...

Noam Angrist is in the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford, Oxford OX2 6GG, UK, and at Youth Impact, Gaborone, Botswana. Read the paper: Social capital one: measurement and ...

Workplace social capital refers to the networks of relationships, shared values and mutual trust that facilitate coordination and cooperation among employees at all levels of an organisation. It ...

Visit NAP.edu/10766 to get more information about this book, to buy it in print, or to download it as a free PDF. People’s engagement in society, their associations and networks, and the ...