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This paper presents the first empirical assessment of the causal relationship between social capital and health in Italy. The analysis draws on the 2000 wave of the Multipurpose Survey on Household conducted by the Italian Institute of Statistics on a representative sample of the population (n = 50,618). Our measure of social capital is the frequency of meetings with friends. Based on probit and instrumental variables estimates, we find that higher levels of social capital increase perceived good health.

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Paper provided by HEDG, c/o Department of Economics, University of York in its series Health, Econometrics and Data Group (HEDG) Working Papers with number 11/23.

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Keywords: health; instrumental variables; income; social interactions; social capital; Italy.;

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• I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Production
• I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
• Z1 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics

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• NEP-ALL-2011-08-15 (All new papers)
• NEP-EUR-2011-08-15 (Microeconomic European Issues)
• NEP-HEA-2011-08-15 (Health Economics)
• NEP-SOC-2011-08-15 (Social Norms & Social Capital)

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