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Life Satisfaction, Social Capital and the Bonding-Bridging Nexus

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dc.contributor.authorPugno, Maurizio
dc.contributor.authorVerme, Paolo
dc.date.accessioned2012-03-19T17:28:42Z
dc.date.available2012-03-19T17:28:42Z
dc.date.issued2012-01-01
dc.description.abstractThe paper investigates the relation between social capital and life satisfaction focusing on the distinction between bonding and bridging. Using the latest version of the combined World and European Values Surveys, the authors first address the question of measurement of social capital by means of a multi-step factor analysis. Through this procedure, they nd that proxies typically used for social capital tend to polarize around two dimensions interpreted as bonding and bridging. These two dimensions are in fact associated with a single latent variable with opposite signs suggesting that they describe two sides of the same latent variable rather than two independent latent variables. The authors call this latent variable the locus of socializing and use it to explore the relation between social capital and life satisfaction across world citizens and across groups of similar countries. The results indicate that people with extreme bonding or bridging attitudes are less happy than people with more balanced attitudes. Unlike the literature on social capital and economic growth that finds bridging attitudes more desirable than bonding attitudes, they nd that bonding attitudes are at least as important as bridging attitudes for life satisfaction. This suggests that the social capital dimensions important for economic growth may not necessarily coincide with the social capital dimensions important for life satisfaction.en
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dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-5945
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/3230
dc.languageEnglish
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5945
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectART
dc.subjectBASIC
dc.subjectBELIEFS
dc.subjectCHURCH
dc.subjectCHURCHES
dc.subjectCOMMUNITIES
dc.subjectCULTURAL EVENTS
dc.subjectCULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS
dc.subjectCULTURES
dc.subjectDEMOCRACY
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT POLICY
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
dc.subjectDIVERSITY
dc.subjectDIVORCE
dc.subjectDYNAMIC THEORY
dc.subjectECONOMIC ANALYSIS
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectECONOMIC OUTCOMES
dc.subjectECONOMIC RESEARCH
dc.subjectECONOMICS
dc.subjectEQUATIONS
dc.subjectEXTERNALITIES
dc.subjectFAMILIES
dc.subjectFREE PRESS
dc.subjectFRIENDS
dc.subjectGDP
dc.subjectGROUP MEMBERSHIP
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD INCOME
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectKINSHIP
dc.subjectLABOUR
dc.subjectLITERATURE
dc.subjectMOTIVATION
dc.subjectNEGATIVE EXTERNALITIES
dc.subjectPARENTS
dc.subjectPER CAPITA INCOME
dc.subjectPOLITICAL ECONOMY
dc.subjectPOLITICAL PARTICIPATION
dc.subjectPOSITIVE EFFECTS
dc.subjectPOSITIVE EXTERNALITIES
dc.subjectSOCIAL BENEFITS
dc.subjectSOCIAL CAPITAL
dc.subjectSOCIAL CAPITAL INDICATORS
dc.subjectSOCIAL CONTEXT
dc.subjectSOCIAL INTERACTION
dc.subjectSOCIAL NETWORKS
dc.subjectSOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS
dc.subjectSOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
dc.subjectSOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS
dc.subjectSOCIAL SCIENCES
dc.subjectSOCIETY
dc.subjectSOCIOLOGY
dc.subjectSPORTS
dc.subjectTELEVISION
dc.subjectTRUSTS
dc.subjectUNEMPLOYED
dc.subjectUNEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectVALIDATION
dc.subjectVOLUNTEER WORK
dc.subjectWEALTH
dc.titleLife Satisfaction, Social Capital and the Bonding-Bridging Nexusen
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okr.crosscuttingsolutionareaJobs
okr.crossref.titleLife Satisfaction, Social Capital and the Bonding-Bridging Nexus
okr.date.disclosure2012-01-01
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-10T11:04:43.220623Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
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okr.globalpracticeSocial Protection and Labor
okr.guid617481468340173959
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-5945
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum000158349_20120112114129
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum15627449
okr.identifier.reportWPS5945
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okr.region.administrativeThe World Region
okr.region.administrativeThe World Region
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Labor Policies
okr.unitDevelopment Research Group (DECRG)
okr.volume1 of 1
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