Social Capital and Its Nexus with Poverty in Costa Rica

 

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Forfatter: Collado, Andrea
Format: artículo original
Status:Versión publicada
Fecha de Publicación:2007
Beskrivelse:This article explores some of the theoretical and empiric relationships between social capital and poverty in Costa Rica. Social Capital is defined as the value of social relationships through “norms of reciprocity”. Data was taken from Latin America Public Opinion Project (LAPOP, 2004) and from Population and Housing Census (2000). It was proven that poverty decreases as the social capital increases. Low and high class participate more in formal and informal organizations that medium class. Urban areas have a smaller probability of being poor, in comparison with the rural neighborhoods. However, rural areas are richer in social capital. Future research should improve the social capital indicators in order to study the organizations and networks where poor people can participate and can improve their situation.
País:Portal de Revistas UCR
Institution:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Sprog:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.revistas.ucr.ac.cr:article/9440
Online adgang:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/reconomicas/article/view/9440
Palabra clave:Capital social
Pobreza
Confianza interpersonal
Grupos no formales
Participación en grupos formales
Participación comunal
Social capital
Poverty
Interpersonal trust
Group participation
Formal and informal groups
Community participation