The Impact of Social Capital on Subjective Well-Being: A Regional Perspective

Puntscher, Sibylle; Hauser, Christoph; Walde, Janette; Tappeiner, Gottfried

doi:10.1007/s10902-014-9555-y

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“…More broadly, the lack of association between structural social capital and adolescent life satisfaction can be viewed in the ongoing debate on the importance of absolute affluence versus relative inequality. Previous research has indicated that as countries reach a certain GNP per capita (typically 10,000-13,000), the effect of relative inequality becomes increasingly important [100, 101]. Recent research, using HBSC data, has also been shown to be in line with this hypothesis [102].…”

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The role of community social capital in the relationship between socioeconomic status and adolescent life satisfaction: mediating or moderating? Evidence from Czech data

Buijs

Maes

Salonna

et al. 2016

Int J Equity Health

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BackgroundThe concept of social capital has been extensively used to explain the relationship between socioeconomic status (SES) and adolescent health and well-being. Much less is known about the specific mechanism through which social capital impacts the relationship. This paper investigates whether an individual’s perception of community social capital moderates or mediates the association between SES and life satisfaction.MethodsThis study employs cross-sectional data from the 2009–2010 Czech Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children survey: a WHO Collaborative Cross-National Study (HBSC). A sample of 4425 adolescents from the 5th, 7th and 9th grade (94.5% school response rate, 87% student response) was used to perform multilevel analysis.ResultsWe found that pupils’ life satisfaction was positively related to both family affluence and perceived wealth. Moreover, we found the cognitive component of social capital to be positively associated with life satisfaction. Additionally, a significant interaction was found, such that the social gradient in life satisfaction was flattened when pupils reported high levels of perceived community social capital.ConclusionsThe present findings suggest that community social capital acts as an unequal health resource for adolescents, but could potentially represent opportunities for public health policy to close the gap in socioeconomic disparities.

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confidence: 93%

The role of community social capital in the relationship between socioeconomic status and adolescent life satisfaction: mediating or moderating? Evidence from Czech data

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Maes

Salonna

et al. 2016

Int J Equity Health

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“…Moreover, urbanization effects are not necessarily limited by physical boundaries and can spillover to the surrounding area. The relevance of spatial interdependencies and spillovers in the geography of life satisfaction has been recently documented in empirical works (Okulicz‐Kozaryn ; Lin et al ; Puntscher et al ). This empirical result can be conceptually interpreted through the borrow‐size concept developed by Alonso () and rejuvenated and enriched also in very recent contributions (Parr ; Burger et al ; Camagni et al ).…”

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Are urbanized areas source of life satisfaction? Evidence from EU regions

Lenzi

Perucca

2018

Papers in Regional Science

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This paper studies the relationship between urbanization and life satisfaction in European NUTS 2 regions in the period 2004–2011 based on individual level data. Results suggest that life satisfaction is greater in regions characterized by intermediate levels of urbanization. Urbanization benefits also filter down along the regional urban hierarchy and are especially positive for those individuals living in rural areas of urbanized regions. Eastern European countries depart from this average trend, and, generally, experience negative direct and indirect urbanization effects, especially in the most urbanized regions.

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“…Helliwell and Putnam 2004), Europe (e.g. Portela et al 2013;Puntscher et al 2015; Rodríguez-Pose and von Berlepsch 2014) and all over the world (e.g. Calvo et al 2012;Helliwell and Putnam 2004;Kroll 2008) on the cross-sectional level.…”

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“…1 On the individual level, various key aspects have been identified which promote SWB, like the family status (being married), the state of health, social inclusion (many social contacts), income etc. (Dolan et al 2008;Puntscher et al 2015). On the country level, there is still a controversial debate on the 45-year-old Easterlin paradox (1974), on the thesis that an increase in a country's gross domestic product does not increase SWB in the long run.…”

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Patterns of Trust and Subjective Well-Being Across Europe: New Insights from Repeated Cross-Sectional Analyses Based on the European Social Survey 2002–2016

Glatz

Eder

2019

Soc Indic Res

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This paper offers elaborate analyses regarding the effects of social-as well as institutional trust as parts of social capital on subjective well-being (SWB) by using data from the European Social Survey, including 36 countries and eight time-points between 2002 and 2016. We analyze (1) The development of trust and SWB on the aggregate level; (2) The effect of trust on SWB on the individual cross-sectional level; and (3) The longitudinal and crosssectional effect of trust on SWB on the aggregate level while considering control variables based on previous research. We observe a weak positive trend regarding social trust as well as SWB over time, but no significant change in institutional trust. However, trends are far from homogeneous across countries. In accordance to previous studies, we find a positive effect of social trust on SWB. This effect holds on the individual cross-sectional level for every participating country, but also on the longitudinal level. In view of institutional trust, we see a positive effect on SWB on the individual and aggregate cross-sectional level, but not over time. Thus, this study particularly sheds new light on this relation, indicating that it´s cross-sectional relation is due to confounding variables. Moreover, we observe no relation between economic growth and SWB after controlling for unemployment, but a positive effect of decreasing unemployment and inflation on SWB. Our data suggests that establishing an environment with high social trust across Europe would be rewarded with a happy society.

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The Impact of Social Capital on Subjective Well-Being: A Regional Perspective

Cited by 63 publications

References 45 publications

The role of community social capital in the relationship between socioeconomic status and adolescent life satisfaction: mediating or moderating? Evidence from Czech data

The role of community social capital in the relationship between socioeconomic status and adolescent life satisfaction: mediating or moderating? Evidence from Czech data

Are urbanized areas source of life satisfaction? Evidence from EU regions

Patterns of Trust and Subjective Well-Being Across Europe: New Insights from Repeated Cross-Sectional Analyses Based on the European Social Survey 2002–2016

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