Social capital and the distribution of household income in the United States: 1980, 1990, and 2000

B-Tier
Journal: Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics
Year: 2011
Volume: 40
Issue: 5
Pages: 538-547

Score contribution per author:

0.670 = (α=2.01 / 3 authors) × 1.0x B-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

Social capital is a person or group's sympathy or sense of obligation for another person or group. The objects of sympathetic feelings have social capital. Those holding sympathetic feelings for others provide social capital. Because social capital providers internalize the consequences of their choices on the objects of their social capital, they trade with each other on different terms and at different levels than would occur in arm's length transactions, all other things equal. Furthermore, changes in the distribution of social capital alter the terms and level of trade which in turn alter the distribution of income.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:soceco:v:40:y:2011:i:5:p:538-547
Journal Field
Experimental
Author Count
3
Added to Database
2026-01-25