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Social Capital and Economic Well-Being in Germany's Regions: An Exploratory Spatial Analysis
REGION
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Social Capital and Economic Well-Being in Germany's Regions: An Exploratory Spatial Analysis
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| Creator |
Botzen, Katrin
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social capital
civic associations economic well-being Germany spatial interdependence |
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| Description |
This article explores social capital in Germany in line with Putnam’s claim that social capital benefits regional economic well-being. In particular, this macro-level study examines whether the number of civic associations, as a measure of a vibrant civil society, is related to higher GDP. Since this study uses spatial data on civic associations and official statistics concerning the German NUTS-3 regions, different spatial matrices model interdependencies among the dependent units of analysis. Exploratory spatial data analysis illustrates spatial patterns between districts as well as each variable’s radius of influence. Cross-sectional spatial models help examine social capital’s effect on regional economic well-being. Results of these analyses are two-fold: first, the geographical scope of social capital is locally concentrated, whereas the sphere of economic well-being encloses a wider area. Second, social capital correlates positively with economic well-being in Germany’s many regions.
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ERSA
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2016-03-14
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Spatial Econometric Analysis |
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application/pdf
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| Identifier |
http://openjournals.wu.ac.at/ojs/index.php/region/article/view/73
10.18335/region.v3i1.73 |
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REGION; Vol 3 No 1 (2016); 1-24
2409-5370 |
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eng
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http://openjournals.wu.ac.at/ojs/index.php/region/article/view/73/72
http://openjournals.wu.ac.at/ojs/index.php/region/article/view/73/80 |
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| Rights |
Copyright (c) 2016 Katrin Botzen
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 |
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