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Social Capital and Growth in Brazilian Municipalities

In: Innovation, Growth and Competitiveness

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  • Luca Corazzini

    (University of Padua and ISLA, Bocconi University)

  • Matteo Grazzi

    (Bocconi University)

  • Marcella Nicolini

    (Bocconi University)

Abstract

Several authors (Coleman (1990) Foundations of social theory. Harvard University Press, Cambridge MA; Putnam RD (1993); Fukuyama (1995) Trust: the social virtues and the creation of prosperity. Free Press, New York) highlight that social capital could affect the economic performance of a country through a number of channels. Empirical evidence backs these theories, finding a positive relationship between growth, efficiency and the level of trust. Nonetheless, previous analyses focus on a single country or develop a cross-country dimension: we contribute to this literature by investigating the role of social capital at a sub national level. We focus on a country characterized by large disparities, Brazil, and we investigate the relationship between economic growth and social capital over the period 2000–2003, at the municipal level. We derive a number of social capital indicators from official data, and analyse them by means of factor component analysis. Overall, we find evidence of a positive relationship between social capital and income per capita growth.

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  • Luca Corazzini & Matteo Grazzi & Marcella Nicolini, 2011. "Social Capital and Growth in Brazilian Municipalities," Advances in Spatial Science, in: Peter Nijkamp & Iulia Siedschlag (ed.), Innovation, Growth and Competitiveness, chapter 0, pages 195-217, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:adspcp:978-3-642-14965-8_9
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-14965-8_9
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