TY - JOUR
T1 - Social capital in transition
T2 - A first look at the evidence
AU - Raiser, Martin
AU - Haerpfer, Christian
AU - Nowotny, Thomas
AU - Wallace, Claire
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - This paper provides what we believe to be the first collection of data on social capital in the transition countries of Central/Eastern Europe and of the former Soviet Union. Using data from the World Values Survey 1990 and 1995 we document the degree of trust and of civic participation and find that these indicators of social capital are significantly lower than in OECD countries. The paper also provides a preliminary investigation of the link between social capital and growth during transition. Unlike in market economies, in transition countries trust is not positively related to growth; while participation in civic organisations shows a positive correlation. We also construct indicators of trust in public institutions and find positive correlations with growth rates. The positive association of civic participation with growth is robust to the use of instrumental variable techniques to control for potential problems of endogeneity.
AB - This paper provides what we believe to be the first collection of data on social capital in the transition countries of Central/Eastern Europe and of the former Soviet Union. Using data from the World Values Survey 1990 and 1995 we document the degree of trust and of civic participation and find that these indicators of social capital are significantly lower than in OECD countries. The paper also provides a preliminary investigation of the link between social capital and growth during transition. Unlike in market economies, in transition countries trust is not positively related to growth; while participation in civic organisations shows a positive correlation. We also construct indicators of trust in public institutions and find positive correlations with growth rates. The positive association of civic participation with growth is robust to the use of instrumental variable techniques to control for potential problems of endogeneity.
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U2 - 10.13060/00380288.2002.38.6.02
DO - 10.13060/00380288.2002.38.6.02
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0036964704
SN - 0038-0288
VL - 38
SP - 693
EP - 720
JO - Sociologicky Casopis
JF - Sociologicky Casopis
IS - 6
ER -