Do Sports Clubs Contribute to the Accumulation of Regional Social Capital?

Elżbieta Biernat, Hanna Nałęcz, Łukasz Skrok and Dawid Majcherek
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Elżbieta Biernat: Department of Tourism, Collegium of World Economy, SGH Warsaw School of Economics, al. Niepodległości 162, 02-554 Warsaw, Poland
Hanna Nałęcz: Department of Child and Adolescent Health, Institute of Mother and Child, Kasprzaka Str. 17A, 01-211 Warsaw, Poland
Łukasz Skrok: Department of Business Economics, Collegium of World Economy, SGH Warsaw School of Economics, al. Niepodległości 162, 02-554 Warsaw, Poland
Dawid Majcherek: Collegium of World Economy, SGH Warsaw School of Economics, Aleja Niepodległości 162, 02-554 Warsaw, Poland

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 14, 1-19

Abstract: Social capital (SC) affects quality of life, sport behaviours and health in individual and community context. The aim was to analyse how sports activity (SA) contributes to SC accumulation in a post-transformation country. A combination of four longitudinal, nationwide datasets was used. Instrumental variable method was applied. Results show that in 19+ Poles, on a regional level, SA improves SC. This suggest that sports clubs and at least some types of sports infrastructure can constitute a valid tool for social policies aiming at improving social involvement. The self-triggering character of SA is a valuable asset for social impact regionally and beyond. It is important to estimate the changes in a long-term perspective, due to the inertness of the SC.

Keywords: sports activity; sports club; social capital; regional level; public health (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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