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Economic Inequality and the Social Capital Gap in the United States across Time and Space

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type="main"> Although researchers have demonstrated that economic inequality and social capital are inversely related in an aggregate sense across time and space, to date little is known about the relationship between inequality and the socio-economic disparity in social capital outcomes. Using yearly cross-sectional surveys of American twelfth graders fielded during 1976–2009, I show that social capital is strongly related to parental socio-economic status, and that this relationship grows in strength as economic inequality increases. This relationship is confirmed both over time and cross-sectionally. Finally, I argue that, between resource-based and psychological accounts of why this relationship exists, the former appears more promising.

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  • Matthew Wright, 2015. "Economic Inequality and the Social Capital Gap in the United States across Time and Space," Political Studies, Political Studies Association, vol. 63(3), pages 642-662, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:polstu:v:63:y:2015:i:3:p:642-662
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    1. Johanna Muckenhuber & Lorenz Pollak & Katharina Viktoria Stein & Thomas Ernst Dorner, 2016. "Individual Cognitive Social Capital and Its Relationship with Pain and Sick Leave Due to Pain in the Austrian Population," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 11(6), pages 1-11, June.
    2. Carl L. Palmer & Rolfe Daus Peterson, 2021. "Physical Attractiveness, Halo Effects, and Social Joining," Social Science Quarterly, Southwestern Social Science Association, vol. 102(1), pages 552-566, January.

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