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Does Cooperation Pay? The Role of Social Capital among Household Plot Farmers in Ukraine

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  • Wolz Axel

    (Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development, Central and Eastern Europe (IAMO))

  • Fritzsch Jana

    (Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development, Central and Eastern Europe (IAMO))

  • Buchenrieder Gertrud

    (Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg)

  • Nedoborovskyy Andriy

    (Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development, Central and Eastern Europe (IAMO))

Abstract

Social capital matters, not the least in determining individual welfare. It is argued that it functions similar to traditional production factors. However, there are not many empirical analyses about this issue at the farm-household level in general and in post-communist countries in particular. Whether or not social capital affects farm income is tested using micro-data from 255 household plot farmers in Ukraine. The data reflect 23 social capital indicators. These are merged in four separate index variables. The index variables reflect the theoretical dimensions of social capital, namely form, i.e. structural and cognitive, and relationship, i.e. bonding and bridging. By adopting multiple regression analysis, it can be shown that social capital in the form of bridging is indeed a significant factor for determining the level of agricultural income. However, the findings also underline the multidimensional side of social capital. Both bonding and cognitive social capital show no immediate impact on agricultural income among household plot farmers in Ukraine.

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  • Wolz Axel & Fritzsch Jana & Buchenrieder Gertrud & Nedoborovskyy Andriy, 2010. "Does Cooperation Pay? The Role of Social Capital among Household Plot Farmers in Ukraine," South East European Journal of Economics and Business, Sciendo, vol. 5(2), pages 55-64, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:vrs:seejeb:v:5:y:2010:i:2:p:55-64:n:5
    DOI: 10.2478/v10033-010-0015-2
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    Keywords

    empirical survey; household farming; agricultural income; social capital; Ukraine; empirical survey; household farming; agricultural income; social capital; Ukraine;
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    JEL classification:

    • O13 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Agriculture; Natural Resources; Environment; Other Primary Products
    • P32 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions - - - Collectives; Communes; Agricultural Institutions
    • Q12 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Micro Analysis of Farm Firms, Farm Households, and Farm Input Markets
    • Z13 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification

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