TY - JOUR
T1 - The production of social capital in US counties
AU - Rupasingha, Anil
AU - Goetz, Stephan J.
AU - Freshwater, David
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors gratefully acknowledge funding from USDA/CSREES under National Research Initiative grant number 2003-35401-13803. We thank an anonymous reviewer and Morris Altman for valuable comments that improved the earlier draft.
Copyright:
Copyright 2006 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2006/2
Y1 - 2006/2
N2 - A growing belief exists that social capital contributes to economic growth of communities. In this paper, we identify inputs into the production of social capital at the level of US counties, using an array of individual and community factors that are theoretically important determinants of social capital. We use data from the Bureau of the Census, County Business Patterns, USA Counties on CD, National Center for Charitable Statistics, and the Regional Economic Information System for two time periods. Ethnic homogeneity, income inequality, attachment to place, education, age, and female labor force participation are strongly associated with levels of social capital across US counties.
AB - A growing belief exists that social capital contributes to economic growth of communities. In this paper, we identify inputs into the production of social capital at the level of US counties, using an array of individual and community factors that are theoretically important determinants of social capital. We use data from the Bureau of the Census, County Business Patterns, USA Counties on CD, National Center for Charitable Statistics, and the Regional Economic Information System for two time periods. Ethnic homogeneity, income inequality, attachment to place, education, age, and female labor force participation are strongly associated with levels of social capital across US counties.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.socec.2005.11.001
DO - 10.1016/j.socec.2005.11.001
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:32144460655
SN - 1053-5357
VL - 35
SP - 83
EP - 101
JO - Journal of Socio-Economics
JF - Journal of Socio-Economics
IS - 1
ER -
