On Representative Social Capital

Charles Bellemare () and Sabine Kröger ()

No 1145, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: This paper analyzes data for a random sample drawn from the Dutch population who reveal their propensity to invest and reward investments in building up social capital by means of an economic experiment. We find substantial heterogeneity in the propensity to invest and in the propensity to reward investments. In particular, we find strong evidence that the young, elderly, and low educated individuals invest relatively less, but are relatively more likely to reward investments in social capital. On the other hand, labor market participation, income, and religion do not have any significant impact on behavior in the experiment.

Keywords: representative samples; social capital investments; experimental economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C10 C90 Z13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 35 pages
Date: 2004-05
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-cbe and nep-exp
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Published - published in: European Economic Review, 2007, 51 (1), 183-202

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