Social capital and its impact on the production process

Santini, Isabella

doi:10.1504/ijmdm.2008.019784

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“…Measures of the level of social capital in Italy at the provincial level, which confirm that southern Italian provinces present a lower stock of social capital, are to be found in: Sessa (1998), Scarlato (2001), Rizzi and Popara (2006), Cartocci (2007) and Santini (2008). Details about the different indicators are given in the Appendix.…”

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The Implicit Price for Fair Trade Coffee: Does Social Capital Matter?

Bosbach

Maietta

2019

Ecological Economics

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The Implicit Price for Fair Trade Coffee: Does Social Capital Matter?

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Maietta

2019

Ecological Economics

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“…(1) Following Caracciolo et al (2015) an explanatory FA on the ten Schwartz values, obtained from the portrait value questionnaire answers, was implemented to get the personal values (meta-values). (2) A social context measure was built by means of a confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) on a set of indicators identified by Santini (2008) for characterizing social capital and using officially available statistics regarding Italian provinces. While Santini (2008) measured an overall social capital index built on averages of 22 items, in this paper we follow a reflective approach to characterize the latent construct of interest.…”

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“…(2) A social context measure was built by means of a confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) on a set of indicators identified by Santini (2008) for characterizing social capital and using officially available statistics regarding Italian provinces. While Santini (2008) measured an overall social capital index built on averages of 22 items, in this paper we follow a reflective approach to characterize the latent construct of interest. The rationale behind this choice follows the Jarvis et al (2003) criteria concerning: direction of causality from construct to items; high covariation among the variables; and interchangeability of the indicators.…”

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“…The rationale behind this choice follows the Jarvis et al (2003) criteria concerning: direction of causality from construct to items; high covariation among the variables; and interchangeability of the indicators. Indeed, all the items suggested by Santini (2008) shared a common theme and were indicated as interchangeable (Santini, 2008, p. 515).…”

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“…2. According to Santini (2008) these items are proxies of the civic responsibility dimension ((1), ( 2)), the social behaviour ((3), ( 4)) and the social engagement (5). For a more thorough discussion of the selected items, the reader is invited to refer to Santini (2008).…”

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Personal values and pro-social behaviour

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Verneau

Caracciolo

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the role of socio-economic context in affecting the relationship between personal values and the purchase of fair trade (FT) products. Design/methodology/approach The study was based on data and information collected by means of a web-administered survey and was performed in two steps. First, an explanatory factor analysis on the Schwartz value system and a confirmatory factor analysis on socio-economic context variables were carried out. Second, the per capita GDP at provincial level and the predicted factor scores were used in an ordered probit model to explain the expenditure level of FT products. Findings The results provide evidence that the value system has an effect on the consumption of FT products, but the economic context, in particular the average wealth at province level, is also relevant and plays a role by either affecting FT product purchasing levels directly or interacting with personal values. Research limitations/implications Because of the electronic submission and the specific channel used in the survey, the sample cannot be considered as representative of Italian consumers, and thus the analysis has a merely descriptive (non-inferential) function. Originality/value While several studies investigated how personal values affect consumers’ behaviour directly or indirectly, very few studies analysed the way socio-economic context interacts with the value structure and the way both aspects influence ethical consumption. The present study analyses this last aspect and provides evidence of the role economic context plays in affecting the relationship between personal values and FT products consumption.

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Social Capital and Undeclared Work: An Empirical Analysis in Italy from 1998 to 2008

Arezzo

2013

Soc Indic Res

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Modelli per l'Economia il Territorio e la Finanza svolgono la funzione di divulgare tempestivamente, informa definitiva o provvisoria, i risultati delle ricerche condotte in Dipartimento. La pubblicazione dei lavori è soggetta all'approvazione del Comitato Scientifico sentito il parere di un referee. ABSTRACTThe issue of irregular work has been well known in Italy since the early seventies. Undeclared work is a particular facet of shadow economy where employers evade tax typically by underreporting either the numbers of workers or the hours worked or both and, by this mean, they avoid paying the legally due social security contributions. As any form of shadow activity, undeclared work introduces important biases in the economic system. That is why, it is of paramount interest for policy makers to understand which are the factors influencing undeclared work. The Italian National Institute of Statistics has developed a methodology in the vanguard to estimate the rate of irregular work and today we have time series long enough for a review of the phenomenon. When looking at regional rates of irregular work it's stunning how dissimilar they are and this dissimilarity is kept over time. This paper aims to understand the reasons of this heterogeneous dynamics and to identify it's determinants, focusing in particular on the role of social capital. We use a dynamic panel model to measure the impact of social capital and of some other relevant variables on regional irregular work rates. We find that social capital ha a significant effect. It reveals itself to be a key factor in hindering the use of irregular workers.Classification JEL: H26, C23, O17, J01.

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Social capital and its impact on the production process

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The Implicit Price for Fair Trade Coffee: Does Social Capital Matter?

The Implicit Price for Fair Trade Coffee: Does Social Capital Matter?

Personal values and pro-social behaviour

Social Capital and Undeclared Work: An Empirical Analysis in Italy from 1998 to 2008

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