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Research paper thumbnail of Values and economic performance across European welfare state regimes: Direct and indirect effects through social capital, human capital and managerial skills

Research paper thumbnail of Schwartz Human Values and the Economic Performance

Research paper thumbnail of Anger and disgust shape judgments of social sanctions across cultures, especially in high individual autonomy societies

Scientific reports, Mar 7, 2024

Research paper thumbnail of Social Capital and Migration The Case of Polish Youth

This chapter examines the role of social capital in trans-national mobility, focusing upon migrat... more This chapter examines the role of social capital in trans-national mobility, focusing upon migration among contemporary Polish youth. Utilising quantitative analysis, the following discussion explains how different forms of social capital can contribute to inducing or inhibiting a willingness to undertake trans-national mobility, alongside assessment of the impact of prior internal migration experience.

Research paper thumbnail of Social Network Dynamics in the Context of Age: An Empirical Investigation

Social Indicators Research

This paper explores patterns and motivations for social tie formation and dissolution in the cont... more This paper explores patterns and motivations for social tie formation and dissolution in the context of age. It provides empirical tests of the social convoy model, socioemotional selectivity theory, and the differential investment of resources (DIRe) model. Data comes from a survey administered face-to-face to a large, representative sample of the population of Poland (n = 1000). Controlling for between-tie and between-ego differences, it is found that the intensity of forming and dropping new ties is a decreasing function of age, but the relationship becomes weaker among people aged 40 and older. The number of social ties people maintain (degree) is also a decreasing function of age. However, the number of social ties with family, as opposed to coworkers and other acquaintances, is roughly constant across age groups. Young women, but not men, tend to form fewer ties if they are married. Both expressive and instrumental motivations for social tie formation are relatively most activ...

Research paper thumbnail of Bridging Social Capital and Individual Earnings: Evidence for an Inverted U

Social Indicators Research, May 23, 2015

Based on data on a cross section of individuals surveyed in the 1999-2002 wave of World and Europ... more Based on data on a cross section of individuals surveyed in the 1999-2002 wave of World and European Values Surveys, we investigate the multilateral associations between bridging social capital, individuals' earnings, as well as social trust and employment status. Our analysis provides robust evidence that the relationship between bridging social capital and earnings is inverted-U shaped. We carry out a range of tests in order to ascertain that this result is not driven by regressor endogeneity or omitted variables bias. We also identify significant interaction effects between bridging social capital, social trust, and employment status.

Research paper thumbnail of Trusting Only Whom You Know, Knowing Only Whom You Trust: The Joint Impact of Social Capital and Trust on Individuals' Economic Performance and Well-Being in CEE Countries

we can safely argue that these direct and indirect (via increased bridging social capital and tru... more we can safely argue that these direct and indirect (via increased bridging social capital and trust) effects of increases in labor market participation will add up to each other in case the percentage of employed people increases. What remains on our research agenda is to pursue a more macro-oriented empirical analysis aimed at assessing, to which extent bridging and bonding social capital should be considered parts of "social infrastructure", or more generally-socioeconomic institutions-driving crosscountry differences in productivity. We think that international survey data from the WVS might be useful in this respect. Another line of research which ought to be done is to use panel data to draw more precise conclusions on causal links between social capital variables, trust, and economic performance of individuals and countries. Unfortunately, in this respect, we are facing an unsurmountable data availability problem, at least with WVS data. Contents WORKING PAPER No. 94 3 Contents 1 Introduction 3 2 Related literature 6 3 Measurement and preliminary evidence on intra-country and crosscountry differences 10 3.

Research paper thumbnail of It Matters Whom You Know: Mapping the Links Between Social Capital, Trust and Willingness to Cooperate

Studia Socjologiczne, Jul 26, 2023

Trust and willingness to cooperate depend on the structure of one's social network and the resour... more Trust and willingness to cooperate depend on the structure of one's social network and the resources one can access through it. In this study, based on a survey dataset of a representative sample of the Polish population (n = 1000) we create an empirical 'map' of four distinct dimensions of social capital: degree (number of social ties), centrality in the social network, bridging social capital (ties with dissimilar others), and bonding social capital (ties with similar others, primarily with kin). We investigate the links between social capital and its key correlates: generalized and particularized trust and willingness to cooperate. We find that centrality (or occupying the position of a network bridge) is positively related to trust, whereas for bonding social capital this relation is negative. We find also a puzzling effect of cooperation without trust in the case of individuals with high bridging social capital resources (ties with dissimilar others).

Research paper thumbnail of Social Network Structure and The Trade-Off Between Social Utility and Economic Performance

RePEc: Research Papers in Economics, Mar 1, 2017

Research paper thumbnail of Social Network Dynamics: Individual-Level Mechanisms and Aggregate Outcomes

RePEc: Research Papers in Economics, May 1, 2018

Research paper thumbnail of Mapping the Dimensions of Social Capital

RePEc: Research Papers in Economics, Mar 1, 2017

We provide a novel survey dataset of a representative sample of the Polish population (n = 1000),... more We provide a novel survey dataset of a representative sample of the Polish population (n = 1000), allowing for a detailed quantification of Bourdieu's (1986) definition of social capital as the aggregate of resources accessible to individuals through their social networks. Based on this data, we create an empirical 'map' of four distinct dimensions of social capital: network degree (number of social ties), network centrality, bridging social capital (ties with dissimilar others), and bonding social capital (ties with similar others, primarily with kin). Construction of the 'map' is based on mutual correlations among the four social capital dimensions as well as their diverse links with immediate outcomes-individuals' social trust and willingness to cooperate-and ultimate outcomes: individual incomes, life satisfaction and happiness.

Research paper thumbnail of The impact of bridging and bonding social capital on individual earnings: Evidence for an inverted U

RePEc: Research Papers in Economics, 2014

Based on data on a cross section of individuals surveyed in the 1999-2002 wave of World and Europ... more Based on data on a cross section of individuals surveyed in the 1999-2002 wave of World and European Values Surveys, we investigate the extent to which bridging and bonding social capital as well as social trust interdependently affect individuals' earnings. Our analysis provides robust evidence that the impact of bridging social capital on earnings is inverted-U shaped whereas the impact of bonding social capital is unambiguously negative and approximately linear. It is carefully ascertained that neither of these results is driven by regressor endogeneity or omitted variables bias. We also identify significant interaction effects between social capital, trust, and employment status.

Research paper thumbnail of Trusting only whom you know, knowing only whom you trust: the joint impact of social capital and trust on individuals’ economic performance and happiness in CEE countries

RePEc: Research Papers in Economics, Jul 6, 2011

we can safely argue that these direct and indirect (via increased bridging social capital and tru... more we can safely argue that these direct and indirect (via increased bridging social capital and trust) effects of increases in labor market participation will add up to each other in case the percentage of employed people increases. What remains on our research agenda is to pursue a more macro-oriented empirical analysis aimed at assessing, to which extent bridging and bonding social capital should be considered parts of "social infrastructure", or more generally-socioeconomic institutions-driving crosscountry differences in productivity. We think that international survey data from the WVS might be useful in this respect. Another line of research which ought to be done is to use panel data to draw more precise conclusions on causal links between social capital variables, trust, and economic performance of individuals and countries. Unfortunately, in this respect, we are facing an unsurmountable data availability problem, at least with WVS data. Contents WORKING PAPER No. 94 3 Contents 1 Introduction 3 2 Related literature 6 3 Measurement and preliminary evidence on intra-country and crosscountry differences 10 3.

Research paper thumbnail of Social Capital, Trust, and Multiple Equilibria in Economic Performance

RePEc: Research Papers in Economics, Dec 22, 2009

We propose a novel mechanism giving rise to poverty traps and multiple equilibria in economic per... more We propose a novel mechanism giving rise to poverty traps and multiple equilibria in economic performance. It is a potentially important source of persistent underdevelopment across countries and regions. At the core of this mechanism, bridging social capital and social trust feed back on each other, interdependently affecting individuals' earnings and subjective well-being. High trust and abundant bridging social capital reinforce each other, leading to a "high" equilibrium where both these variables take persistently high values, and earnings and well-being are high as well, whereas low trust and lacking bridging social capital create a vicious circle, leading to a "low trust trap" where all these variables are persistently low. The workings of our theoretical model are in agreement with a wide range of findings from the contemporary literature in sociology and social psychology.

Research paper thumbnail of A Model of Social and Economic Capital in Social Networks

Advances in intelligent systems and computing, 2017

We propose an agent-based model allowing to simulate social and economic capital stock on aggrega... more We propose an agent-based model allowing to simulate social and economic capital stock on aggregate and individual level in the economy. It is shown that different topologies of the social network lead to varying levels of both types of capital in the economy and that there is a trade-off between social and economic utility which they ultimately convey. Therefore, under mild conditions “small world” type networks should provide an optimal balance between both types of capital. We also find that individuals who form “bridges” in the social network can benefit from their importance in the network both in terms of their social and economic utility.

Research paper thumbnail of Związek miedzy sieciami społecznymi a zaufaniem społecznym - mechanizm wzajemnego wzmacniania?

Psychologia Społeczna, 2009

This paper presents empirical evidence suggestive of the existence of a mutually reinforcing rela... more This paper presents empirical evidence suggestive of the existence of a mutually reinforcing relationship between social capital and trust. Using cross-sectional data from the Polish General Social Survey 2002, as well as longitudinal data from the Social Diagnosis 2000-2007, it was shown that individuals re-create their patterns of social ties through their norms of trust. People who formed ties solely with their kin were convinced that they can trust only a few people in the world while those with both kin and non-kin members in their social networks were more inclined to believe in the benign nature of humanity. These results, derived from cross-sectional data, are conÞrmed by the panel dataset which we use also for proving the converse hypothesis: people with higher levels of trust are more likely to form social ties with the non-kin. These Þndings are especially pertinent to Poland, a post-communist country seeking to build a civil society – social networks based on kin members combined with low levels of general social trust can be a major obstacle in developing a civil society here.

Research paper thumbnail of Trusting Only Whom You Know, Knowing Only Whom You Trust: The Joint Impact of Social Capital and Trust on Individuals’ Economic Performance and Happiness in CEE Countries

Social Science Research Network, 2011

we can safely argue that these direct and indirect (via increased bridging social capital and tru... more we can safely argue that these direct and indirect (via increased bridging social capital and trust) effects of increases in labor market participation will add up to each other in case the percentage of employed people increases. What remains on our research agenda is to pursue a more macro-oriented empirical analysis aimed at assessing, to which extent bridging and bonding social capital should be considered parts of "social infrastructure", or more generally-socioeconomic institutions-driving crosscountry differences in productivity. We think that international survey data from the WVS might be useful in this respect. Another line of research which ought to be done is to use panel data to draw more precise conclusions on causal links between social capital variables, trust, and economic performance of individuals and countries. Unfortunately, in this respect, we are facing an unsurmountable data availability problem, at least with WVS data. Contents WORKING PAPER No. 94 3 Contents 1 Introduction 3 2 Related literature 6 3 Measurement and preliminary evidence on intra-country and crosscountry differences 10 3.

Research paper thumbnail of It Matters Whom You Know: Mapping the Links Between Social Capital, Trust and Willingness to Cooperate

Studia Socjologiczne

Trust and willingness to cooperate depend on the structure of one's social network and the resour... more Trust and willingness to cooperate depend on the structure of one's social network and the resources one can access through it. In this study, based on a survey dataset of a representative sample of the Polish population (n = 1000) we create an empirical 'map' of four distinct dimensions of social capital: degree (number of social ties), centrality in the social network, bridging social capital (ties with dissimilar others), and bonding social capital (ties with similar others, primarily with kin). We investigate the links between social capital and its key correlates: generalized and particularized trust and willingness to cooperate. We find that centrality (or occupying the position of a network bridge) is positively related to trust, whereas for bonding social capital this relation is negative. We find also a puzzling effect of cooperation without trust in the case of individuals with high bridging social capital resources (ties with dissimilar others).

Research paper thumbnail of Reply to Komatsu et al.: From local social mindfulness to global sustainability efforts?

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Niels J. Van Doesum , Ryan O. Murphy, Marcello Gallucci, Efrat Aharonov-Majar, Ursula Athenstaedt... more Niels J. Van Doesum , Ryan O. Murphy, Marcello Gallucci, Efrat Aharonov-Majar, Ursula Athenstaedt , Wing Tung Au, Liying Bai , Robert B€ ohm , Inna Bovina , Nancy R. Buchan , Xiao-Ping Chen, Kitty B. Dumont , Jan B. Engelmann , Kimmo Eriksson , Hyun Euh , Susann Fiedler , Justin Friesen , Simon G€ achter , Camilo Garcia, Roberto Gonz alez , Sylvie Graf , Katarzyna Growiec , Serge Guimond , Martina H reb ı ckov a , Elizabeth Immer-Bernold, Jeff Joireman, Gokhan Karagonlar , Kerry Kawakami , Toko Kiyonari , Yu Kou, Alexandros-Andreas Kyrtsis , Siugmin Lay , Geoffrey J. Leonardelli , Norman P. Li, Yang Li , Boris Maciejovsky , Zoi Manesi, Ali Mashuri , Aurelia Mok , Karin S. Moser , Ladislav Mot ak , Adrian Netedu , Michael J. Platow , Karolina Raczka-Winkler, Christopher P. Reinders Folmer , Cecilia Reyna , Angelo Romano , Shaul Shalvi , Cl audia Sim~ ao , Adam W. Stivers , Pontus Strimling, Yannis Tsirbas , Sonja Utz , Leander van der Meij , Sven Waldzus , Yiwen Wang, Bernd Weber , Ori Weisel , Tim Wildschut , Fabian Winter , Junhui Wu , Jose C. Yong , and Paul A. M. Van Lange

Research paper thumbnail of Hypotheses for the study on the representative sample of Poles aged 15+

We will perform statistical methods (primarily hierarchical regression models) on a novel cross-s... more We will perform statistical methods (primarily hierarchical regression models) on a novel cross-sectional survey dataset of a large representative sample of the Polish population (N=1000). Here we present hypotheses for this part of our project - data from a survey on a representative sample of Poles aged 15+.

Research paper thumbnail of Values and economic performance across European welfare state regimes: Direct and indirect effects through social capital, human capital and managerial skills

Research paper thumbnail of Schwartz Human Values and the Economic Performance

Research paper thumbnail of Anger and disgust shape judgments of social sanctions across cultures, especially in high individual autonomy societies

Scientific reports, Mar 7, 2024

Research paper thumbnail of Social Capital and Migration The Case of Polish Youth

This chapter examines the role of social capital in trans-national mobility, focusing upon migrat... more This chapter examines the role of social capital in trans-national mobility, focusing upon migration among contemporary Polish youth. Utilising quantitative analysis, the following discussion explains how different forms of social capital can contribute to inducing or inhibiting a willingness to undertake trans-national mobility, alongside assessment of the impact of prior internal migration experience.

Research paper thumbnail of Social Network Dynamics in the Context of Age: An Empirical Investigation

Social Indicators Research

This paper explores patterns and motivations for social tie formation and dissolution in the cont... more This paper explores patterns and motivations for social tie formation and dissolution in the context of age. It provides empirical tests of the social convoy model, socioemotional selectivity theory, and the differential investment of resources (DIRe) model. Data comes from a survey administered face-to-face to a large, representative sample of the population of Poland (n = 1000). Controlling for between-tie and between-ego differences, it is found that the intensity of forming and dropping new ties is a decreasing function of age, but the relationship becomes weaker among people aged 40 and older. The number of social ties people maintain (degree) is also a decreasing function of age. However, the number of social ties with family, as opposed to coworkers and other acquaintances, is roughly constant across age groups. Young women, but not men, tend to form fewer ties if they are married. Both expressive and instrumental motivations for social tie formation are relatively most activ...

Research paper thumbnail of Bridging Social Capital and Individual Earnings: Evidence for an Inverted U

Social Indicators Research, May 23, 2015

Based on data on a cross section of individuals surveyed in the 1999-2002 wave of World and Europ... more Based on data on a cross section of individuals surveyed in the 1999-2002 wave of World and European Values Surveys, we investigate the multilateral associations between bridging social capital, individuals' earnings, as well as social trust and employment status. Our analysis provides robust evidence that the relationship between bridging social capital and earnings is inverted-U shaped. We carry out a range of tests in order to ascertain that this result is not driven by regressor endogeneity or omitted variables bias. We also identify significant interaction effects between bridging social capital, social trust, and employment status.

Research paper thumbnail of Trusting Only Whom You Know, Knowing Only Whom You Trust: The Joint Impact of Social Capital and Trust on Individuals' Economic Performance and Well-Being in CEE Countries

we can safely argue that these direct and indirect (via increased bridging social capital and tru... more we can safely argue that these direct and indirect (via increased bridging social capital and trust) effects of increases in labor market participation will add up to each other in case the percentage of employed people increases. What remains on our research agenda is to pursue a more macro-oriented empirical analysis aimed at assessing, to which extent bridging and bonding social capital should be considered parts of "social infrastructure", or more generally-socioeconomic institutions-driving crosscountry differences in productivity. We think that international survey data from the WVS might be useful in this respect. Another line of research which ought to be done is to use panel data to draw more precise conclusions on causal links between social capital variables, trust, and economic performance of individuals and countries. Unfortunately, in this respect, we are facing an unsurmountable data availability problem, at least with WVS data. Contents WORKING PAPER No. 94 3 Contents 1 Introduction 3 2 Related literature 6 3 Measurement and preliminary evidence on intra-country and crosscountry differences 10 3.

Research paper thumbnail of It Matters Whom You Know: Mapping the Links Between Social Capital, Trust and Willingness to Cooperate

Studia Socjologiczne, Jul 26, 2023

Trust and willingness to cooperate depend on the structure of one's social network and the resour... more Trust and willingness to cooperate depend on the structure of one's social network and the resources one can access through it. In this study, based on a survey dataset of a representative sample of the Polish population (n = 1000) we create an empirical 'map' of four distinct dimensions of social capital: degree (number of social ties), centrality in the social network, bridging social capital (ties with dissimilar others), and bonding social capital (ties with similar others, primarily with kin). We investigate the links between social capital and its key correlates: generalized and particularized trust and willingness to cooperate. We find that centrality (or occupying the position of a network bridge) is positively related to trust, whereas for bonding social capital this relation is negative. We find also a puzzling effect of cooperation without trust in the case of individuals with high bridging social capital resources (ties with dissimilar others).

Research paper thumbnail of Social Network Structure and The Trade-Off Between Social Utility and Economic Performance

RePEc: Research Papers in Economics, Mar 1, 2017

Research paper thumbnail of Social Network Dynamics: Individual-Level Mechanisms and Aggregate Outcomes

RePEc: Research Papers in Economics, May 1, 2018

Research paper thumbnail of Mapping the Dimensions of Social Capital

RePEc: Research Papers in Economics, Mar 1, 2017

We provide a novel survey dataset of a representative sample of the Polish population (n = 1000),... more We provide a novel survey dataset of a representative sample of the Polish population (n = 1000), allowing for a detailed quantification of Bourdieu's (1986) definition of social capital as the aggregate of resources accessible to individuals through their social networks. Based on this data, we create an empirical 'map' of four distinct dimensions of social capital: network degree (number of social ties), network centrality, bridging social capital (ties with dissimilar others), and bonding social capital (ties with similar others, primarily with kin). Construction of the 'map' is based on mutual correlations among the four social capital dimensions as well as their diverse links with immediate outcomes-individuals' social trust and willingness to cooperate-and ultimate outcomes: individual incomes, life satisfaction and happiness.

Research paper thumbnail of The impact of bridging and bonding social capital on individual earnings: Evidence for an inverted U

RePEc: Research Papers in Economics, 2014

Based on data on a cross section of individuals surveyed in the 1999-2002 wave of World and Europ... more Based on data on a cross section of individuals surveyed in the 1999-2002 wave of World and European Values Surveys, we investigate the extent to which bridging and bonding social capital as well as social trust interdependently affect individuals' earnings. Our analysis provides robust evidence that the impact of bridging social capital on earnings is inverted-U shaped whereas the impact of bonding social capital is unambiguously negative and approximately linear. It is carefully ascertained that neither of these results is driven by regressor endogeneity or omitted variables bias. We also identify significant interaction effects between social capital, trust, and employment status.

Research paper thumbnail of Trusting only whom you know, knowing only whom you trust: the joint impact of social capital and trust on individuals’ economic performance and happiness in CEE countries

RePEc: Research Papers in Economics, Jul 6, 2011

we can safely argue that these direct and indirect (via increased bridging social capital and tru... more we can safely argue that these direct and indirect (via increased bridging social capital and trust) effects of increases in labor market participation will add up to each other in case the percentage of employed people increases. What remains on our research agenda is to pursue a more macro-oriented empirical analysis aimed at assessing, to which extent bridging and bonding social capital should be considered parts of "social infrastructure", or more generally-socioeconomic institutions-driving crosscountry differences in productivity. We think that international survey data from the WVS might be useful in this respect. Another line of research which ought to be done is to use panel data to draw more precise conclusions on causal links between social capital variables, trust, and economic performance of individuals and countries. Unfortunately, in this respect, we are facing an unsurmountable data availability problem, at least with WVS data. Contents WORKING PAPER No. 94 3 Contents 1 Introduction 3 2 Related literature 6 3 Measurement and preliminary evidence on intra-country and crosscountry differences 10 3.

Research paper thumbnail of Social Capital, Trust, and Multiple Equilibria in Economic Performance

RePEc: Research Papers in Economics, Dec 22, 2009

We propose a novel mechanism giving rise to poverty traps and multiple equilibria in economic per... more We propose a novel mechanism giving rise to poverty traps and multiple equilibria in economic performance. It is a potentially important source of persistent underdevelopment across countries and regions. At the core of this mechanism, bridging social capital and social trust feed back on each other, interdependently affecting individuals' earnings and subjective well-being. High trust and abundant bridging social capital reinforce each other, leading to a "high" equilibrium where both these variables take persistently high values, and earnings and well-being are high as well, whereas low trust and lacking bridging social capital create a vicious circle, leading to a "low trust trap" where all these variables are persistently low. The workings of our theoretical model are in agreement with a wide range of findings from the contemporary literature in sociology and social psychology.

Research paper thumbnail of A Model of Social and Economic Capital in Social Networks

Advances in intelligent systems and computing, 2017

We propose an agent-based model allowing to simulate social and economic capital stock on aggrega... more We propose an agent-based model allowing to simulate social and economic capital stock on aggregate and individual level in the economy. It is shown that different topologies of the social network lead to varying levels of both types of capital in the economy and that there is a trade-off between social and economic utility which they ultimately convey. Therefore, under mild conditions “small world” type networks should provide an optimal balance between both types of capital. We also find that individuals who form “bridges” in the social network can benefit from their importance in the network both in terms of their social and economic utility.

Research paper thumbnail of Związek miedzy sieciami społecznymi a zaufaniem społecznym - mechanizm wzajemnego wzmacniania?

Psychologia Społeczna, 2009

This paper presents empirical evidence suggestive of the existence of a mutually reinforcing rela... more This paper presents empirical evidence suggestive of the existence of a mutually reinforcing relationship between social capital and trust. Using cross-sectional data from the Polish General Social Survey 2002, as well as longitudinal data from the Social Diagnosis 2000-2007, it was shown that individuals re-create their patterns of social ties through their norms of trust. People who formed ties solely with their kin were convinced that they can trust only a few people in the world while those with both kin and non-kin members in their social networks were more inclined to believe in the benign nature of humanity. These results, derived from cross-sectional data, are conÞrmed by the panel dataset which we use also for proving the converse hypothesis: people with higher levels of trust are more likely to form social ties with the non-kin. These Þndings are especially pertinent to Poland, a post-communist country seeking to build a civil society – social networks based on kin members combined with low levels of general social trust can be a major obstacle in developing a civil society here.

Research paper thumbnail of Trusting Only Whom You Know, Knowing Only Whom You Trust: The Joint Impact of Social Capital and Trust on Individuals’ Economic Performance and Happiness in CEE Countries

Social Science Research Network, 2011

we can safely argue that these direct and indirect (via increased bridging social capital and tru... more we can safely argue that these direct and indirect (via increased bridging social capital and trust) effects of increases in labor market participation will add up to each other in case the percentage of employed people increases. What remains on our research agenda is to pursue a more macro-oriented empirical analysis aimed at assessing, to which extent bridging and bonding social capital should be considered parts of "social infrastructure", or more generally-socioeconomic institutions-driving crosscountry differences in productivity. We think that international survey data from the WVS might be useful in this respect. Another line of research which ought to be done is to use panel data to draw more precise conclusions on causal links between social capital variables, trust, and economic performance of individuals and countries. Unfortunately, in this respect, we are facing an unsurmountable data availability problem, at least with WVS data. Contents WORKING PAPER No. 94 3 Contents 1 Introduction 3 2 Related literature 6 3 Measurement and preliminary evidence on intra-country and crosscountry differences 10 3.

Research paper thumbnail of It Matters Whom You Know: Mapping the Links Between Social Capital, Trust and Willingness to Cooperate

Studia Socjologiczne

Trust and willingness to cooperate depend on the structure of one's social network and the resour... more Trust and willingness to cooperate depend on the structure of one's social network and the resources one can access through it. In this study, based on a survey dataset of a representative sample of the Polish population (n = 1000) we create an empirical 'map' of four distinct dimensions of social capital: degree (number of social ties), centrality in the social network, bridging social capital (ties with dissimilar others), and bonding social capital (ties with similar others, primarily with kin). We investigate the links between social capital and its key correlates: generalized and particularized trust and willingness to cooperate. We find that centrality (or occupying the position of a network bridge) is positively related to trust, whereas for bonding social capital this relation is negative. We find also a puzzling effect of cooperation without trust in the case of individuals with high bridging social capital resources (ties with dissimilar others).

Research paper thumbnail of Reply to Komatsu et al.: From local social mindfulness to global sustainability efforts?

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Niels J. Van Doesum , Ryan O. Murphy, Marcello Gallucci, Efrat Aharonov-Majar, Ursula Athenstaedt... more Niels J. Van Doesum , Ryan O. Murphy, Marcello Gallucci, Efrat Aharonov-Majar, Ursula Athenstaedt , Wing Tung Au, Liying Bai , Robert B€ ohm , Inna Bovina , Nancy R. Buchan , Xiao-Ping Chen, Kitty B. Dumont , Jan B. Engelmann , Kimmo Eriksson , Hyun Euh , Susann Fiedler , Justin Friesen , Simon G€ achter , Camilo Garcia, Roberto Gonz alez , Sylvie Graf , Katarzyna Growiec , Serge Guimond , Martina H reb ı ckov a , Elizabeth Immer-Bernold, Jeff Joireman, Gokhan Karagonlar , Kerry Kawakami , Toko Kiyonari , Yu Kou, Alexandros-Andreas Kyrtsis , Siugmin Lay , Geoffrey J. Leonardelli , Norman P. Li, Yang Li , Boris Maciejovsky , Zoi Manesi, Ali Mashuri , Aurelia Mok , Karin S. Moser , Ladislav Mot ak , Adrian Netedu , Michael J. Platow , Karolina Raczka-Winkler, Christopher P. Reinders Folmer , Cecilia Reyna , Angelo Romano , Shaul Shalvi , Cl audia Sim~ ao , Adam W. Stivers , Pontus Strimling, Yannis Tsirbas , Sonja Utz , Leander van der Meij , Sven Waldzus , Yiwen Wang, Bernd Weber , Ori Weisel , Tim Wildschut , Fabian Winter , Junhui Wu , Jose C. Yong , and Paul A. M. Van Lange

Research paper thumbnail of Hypotheses for the study on the representative sample of Poles aged 15+

We will perform statistical methods (primarily hierarchical regression models) on a novel cross-s... more We will perform statistical methods (primarily hierarchical regression models) on a novel cross-sectional survey dataset of a large representative sample of the Polish population (N=1000). Here we present hypotheses for this part of our project - data from a survey on a representative sample of Poles aged 15+.