Social capital, R&D and provincial growth in Indonesia

Solikin Juhro, Paresh Kumar Narayan, Bernard Njindan Iyke and Budi Trisnanto

Regional Studies, 2022, vol. 56, issue 12, 2117-2132

Abstract: We propose and test the hypothesis that social capital is an important determinant of total factor productivity (TFP) growth. Using a new historical dataset on 33 Indonesian provinces covering the period 2010–18, we show that social capital enhances growth through research and development (R&D) expenditure. Our analysis is based on a modified endogenous growth model, and the estimations reveal that a unit standard deviation improvement in aggregate, tangible and intangible social capital, and religiosity improves TFP growth by at least 9.80% (of the mean TFP growth) through R&D spending. These results are robust.

Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2022.2042469

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