Social Capital and Individual Happiness in Europe
Social Capital and Individual Happiness in Europe
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DOI：
10.1007/s10902-013-9426-y
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发表时间：
2014-04-01
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4.6
通讯作者：
von Berlepsch, Viola
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作者：
Rodriguez-Pose, Andres;von Berlepsch, Viola
本文探讨了社会资本与幸福之间的关系，无论是在整个欧洲，以及在其四个主要的地理宏观区域-北，南，东，西-分别。我们测试的假设是否社会资本，在其三重定义建立的科尔曼（美国社会学杂志94：S95-S120 1988）-信任，社会互动，规范和制裁，影响个人幸福在欧洲国家和地区。社会资本的概念进一步丰富，纳入普特南（使民主工作-公民传统在现代意大利。普林斯顿大学出版社，普林斯顿，1993年）和奥尔森（国家的崛起和衰落-经济增长，滞胀和社会僵化。耶鲁大学出版社，纽黑文和伦敦，1982）类型变量的联想活动。通过对来自25个欧洲国家的48,583名个体的数据进行有序逻辑回归分析，我们得出了三个主要发现。首先，社会资本在三个维度上对幸福都很重要。第二，社会资本对幸福感影响的主要驱动因素似乎是非正式的社会互动和一般的社会信任以及制度信任。第三，在欧洲不同地区，社会资本与幸福感的相互作用存在显著差异，北欧国家的联系最弱。
This paper explores the relationship between social capital and happiness both in Europe as a whole, as well as in its four main geographical macro-regions-North, South, East and West-separately. We test the hypothesis of whether social capital, in its three-fold definition established by Coleman (Am J Sociol 94:S95-S120 1988)-trust, social interaction, and norms and sanctions-influences individual happiness across European countries and regions. The concept of social capital is further enriched by incorporating Putnam (Making democracy work-civic traditions in modern Italy. Princeton University Press, Princeton, 1993) and Olson (The rise and decline of nations-economic growth, stagflation, and social rigidities. Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 1982) type variables on associational activity. Using ordinal logistic regression analysis on data for 48,583 individuals from 25 European countries, we reach three main findings. First, social capital matters for happiness across the three dimensions considered. Second, the main drivers of the effects of social capital on happiness appear to be informal social interaction and general social, as well as institutional trust. And third, there are significant differences in how social capital interacts with happiness across different areas of Europe, with the connection being at is weakest in the Nordic countries.