Measuring Social Capital in East Asia and Other World Regions: Index of Social Capital for 72 Countries

Lee, Dongwon; Jeong, Kap‐Young; Chae, Sean

doi:10.1080/1226508x.2011.626149

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“…The PUTNAM data were taken from the WVS. 5 Finally, a broad index of social capital (SC) developed by Lee et al (2011) is employed to measure the Weberian motivation inherent in the society. The index consists of four sub-indices of social capital: social trust, social norms, social networks and social structure.…”

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How Does Social Capital Reduce the Size of the Shadow Economy?

Lee

2013

Global Economic Review

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This paper investigates the missing link between multi-dimensional components of social capital and the size of the shadow economy, an association generally considered to be ambiguous. A simple agency model shows that social capital and the shadow economy are connected through a mechanism reducing the perceived level of corruption. Using a sample of 65 countries, 1999 to 2007, the paper finds that social trust, social norms (e.g. tax morale), and a broad index of social capital are robust, negative determinants of the shadow economy.

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How Does Social Capital Reduce the Size of the Shadow Economy?

Lee

2013

Global Economic Review

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“…Seoul is known as one of the most wired cities (ITU Broadband Commission, 2014), as well as one with very low levels of social capital (Lee, Jeong, & Chae, 2011). It appears that most metropolitan cities in developed countries share these two conditions to varying degrees these days; we may see Seoul as an extreme case in these regards.…”

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Localized Use of Information and Communication Technologies in Seoul’s Urban Neighborhoods

Kim

Shin

2015

American Behavioral Scientist

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Theoretically guided by communication infrastructure theory and theory of planned behavior, this study has two aims: to assess the experiences and intentions of Seoul residents with regard to their localized use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) and to identify the factors influencing those experiences and intentions. Online survey data (n = 901) were collected from adult residents of Seoul in the summer of 2013. The results indicate that various ICT channels (especially websites, online news sites, blogs, online cafés, and smartphone apps) could potentially be customized to serve urban neighborhoods. Positive attitudes and subjective norms related to localized ICT use behavior were significant factors for use of almost all ICT channels considered in the current study. Individuals' integrated connectedness to community storytelling network was a consistently significant and positive factor in relation to both experience and intention of localized uses of ICTs. Among four community engagement variables included in the current study, community activity participation was associated with the experience (but not with the intention) of localized ICT uses.Keywords local social networking site use, theory of planned behavior, communication infrastructure theory, community engagement Some recent studies of new media have focused on the potential for information and communication technologies (ICTs) to lower the transaction costs of relating to others, as well as for organizing and participating in collective activities in local community

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“…Despite the sophistication of Lee et al . () data constructed under Bjornskov () specification, we acknowledge limitations in measuring SC. Hence, for the purpose of robustness checks, we also include the WVS generalised trust measure (G‐trusts) obtained from Paldam () and the average social capital volume index (SC2) obtained from García et al .…”

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“…To be consistent with our core measure (SC) from Lee et al . (), we rescaled both G‐trusts and SC2 to the 0–10 range. Collecting data for the degree of connection in the social network (credit to GDP ratio), marginal cost of investment in SC, SC depreciation and survival rates (unemployment rates), size of social network, income inequality rate and population, García et al .…”

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Can Ethno‐Linguistic Diversity Explain Cross‐Country Differences in Social Capital?: A Global Perspective

Wang

Steiner

2015

Economic Record

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Motivated by the inconclusiveness of empirical studies on the relationship between ethno-linguistic diversity and social capital (SC) at various levels of regional aggregation, this paper provides new evidence on the relationship between the two variables at a global scale. A cross-sectional analysis of 68 developed and developing countries applying two-stage least squares estimations suggests not only that the cognitive dimension of SC (shared codes and languages) is highly important for SC formation across regional origin, but also that countries with a greater degree of linguistic fractionalisation have a lower SC stock. In particular, countries with fractionalized ethnic and linguistic groups, as captured by number of languages and measures of linguistic diversity, tend to have lower levels of social trust, fewer memberships in social organisations, and deteriorated social norms and structures. The negative ethnic fractionalisation effect on SC is also found weaker in higher-income and in non-African countries.

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Measuring Social Capital in East Asia and Other World Regions: Index of Social Capital for 72 Countries

Cited by 35 publications

References 30 publications

How Does Social Capital Reduce the Size of the Shadow Economy?

How Does Social Capital Reduce the Size of the Shadow Economy?

Localized Use of Information and Communication Technologies in Seoul’s Urban Neighborhoods

Can Ethno‐Linguistic Diversity Explain Cross‐Country Differences in Social Capital?: A Global Perspective

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