Disentangling the relationship between nonprofit and social capital: the role of social cooperatives and social welfare associations in the development of networks of strong and weak ties

Giacomo Degli Antoni () and Fabio Sabatini

No wp48, Econometica Working Papers from Econometica

Abstract: We use a unique dataset to study how participation in two specific types of nonprofit organizations, i.e. social welfare associations and social cooperatives, affects individual social capital. A descriptive analysis shows that both the types of organization have a positive impact. The econometric analysis reveals that social welfare associations play a significantly greater role in the development of volunteers' networks of cooperative relationships, favouring the creation of weak ties which are used to exchange information and advice, and offering the opportunity to establish stronger ties entailing concrete mutual support. Within social cooperatives, workers develop their individual social capital to a greater extent than volunteers.

Keywords: volunteering; nonprofit organizations; cooperative enterprises; social cooperatives; social capital; social networks (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L31 L33 P13 Z1 Z13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 31w
Date: 2013-03
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-hme, nep-soc and nep-ure
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