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COM.ONIXSUITE.9782875580863 03 01 Presses universitaires de Louvain 01 SKU 86883 02 2875580868 03 9782875580863 15 9782875580863 10 BC Volume 682 Thèses de la Faculté des sciences économiques, sociales, politiques et de communication Numéro 682 682.682 01 GCOI 29303100084920 1 A01 Youyou Baende Bofota Baende Bofota, Youyou Youyou Baende Bofota <p> Youyou Baende Bofota is a researcher at the Institute for Economic and Social<br /> Research (IRES) at the Economic School of Louvain (UCL). She is interested in development economics, social capital theory and macroeconomics.</p> 1 01 eng 172 00 172 03 26 1 BUS000000 29 2012 3283 SCIENCES POLITIQUES 24 INTERNET Economie du développement 24 INTERNET Economie internationale 24 INTERNET Economie du développement 24 INTERNET Micro-économie 24 INTERNET Sciences de la population et du développement 24 INTERNET Sciences économiques 93 JPA 01 06 Économistes, sociologues, études du développement, africanistes 01 <P> Researchers have mainly concentrated on traditional types of capital (natural, physical and human) in explaining the process of economic growth and development. Yet, it is now widely recognized that social capital is the missing link in this process. 03 <P> Researchers have mainly concentrated on traditional types of capital (natural, physical and human) in explaining the process of economic growth and development. Yet, it is now widely recognized that social capital is the missing link in this process. 02 This thesis follows the literature on social capital. Specifically, this research is an exploration of the impact of social capital on socioeconomic outcomes such as education and economic growth. It is argued that social capital impacts economic growth. 01 <P>Researchers have mainly concentrated on traditional types of capital (natural, physical and human) in explaining the process of economic growth and development. Yet, it is now widely recognized that social capital is the missing link in this process.</p><p> Social capital, as conceived by its promoters is intrinsically relational and can only exist within a pattern of relationships. The emphasis placed on social capital focuses on the way in which the economic actors interact and organize themselves to achieve goals.</p><p> This thesis follows the literature on social capital. Specifically, this research is an exploration of the impact of social capital on socioeconomic outcomes such as education and economic growth. It is argued that, at the aggregate level, social capital impacts economic growth through its effect on human capital accumulation. Precisely, the interaction between social capital and human capital and their joint effects on economic growth is formalized in a multisector endogenous growth model. It is showed that, in contrast to existing alternative specifications, this setting assures that social capital enhances productivity gains by playing the role of a timing belt driving the transmission and propagation of all productivity shocks throughout the society whatever the sectoral origin of the shock.</p><p> At the individual level, we investigated whether social capital is an independent variable that explains educational outcomes of children in developing countries. Fixed effects and instrumental variable models have been used to address concerns about heterogeneity and endogeneity. The results suggest that social capital in the family contributes significantly to improve children educational attainment. Furthermore, the positive effects of social capital on education are not short lived, they last for the long term.</p><p> The main contribution of this research is to provide a formal modelling of the important relationships between social capital human capital and economic growth. Another contribution is the extension of the empirical research on social capital effects on education in developing countries.</p> 03 <P>Researchers have mainly concentrated on traditional types of capital (natural, physical and human) in explaining the process of economic growth and development. Yet, it is now widely recognized that social capital is the missing link in this process.</p><p> Social capital, as conceived by its promoters is intrinsically relational and can only exist within a pattern of relationships. The emphasis placed on social capital focuses on the way in which the economic actors interact and organize themselves to achieve goals.</p><p> This thesis follows the literature on social capital. Specifically, this research is an exploration of the impact of social capital on socioeconomic outcomes such as education and economic growth. It is argued that, at the aggregate level, social capital impacts economic growth through its effect on human capital accumulation. Precisely, the interaction between social capital and human capital and their joint effects on economic growth is formalized in a multisector endogenous growth model. It is showed that, in contrast to existing alternative specifications, this setting assures that social capital enhances productivity gains by playing the role of a timing belt driving the transmission and propagation of all productivity shocks throughout the society whatever the sectoral origin of the shock.</p><p> At the individual level, we investigated whether social capital is an independent variable that explains educational outcomes of children in developing countries. Fixed effects and instrumental variable models have been used to address concerns about heterogeneity and endogeneity. The results suggest that social capital in the family contributes significantly to improve children educational attainment. Furthermore, the positive effects of social capital on education are not short lived, they last for the long term.</p><p> The main contribution of this research is to provide a formal modelling of the important relationships between social capital human capital and economic growth. Another contribution is the extension of the empirical research on social capital effects on education in developing countries.</p> 02 This thesis follows the literature on social capital. Specifically, this research is an exploration of the impact of social capital on socioeconomic outcomes such as education and economic growth. It is argued that social capital impacts economic growth. 04 <p> 1 General Introduction 1<br /> 1.1 Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1<br /> 1.2 Outline of the thesis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3<br /> 2 Social capital, theory, measurement and consequences 5<br /> 2.1 Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5<br /> 2.2 Theoretical background. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6<br /> 2.2.1 Observations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9<br /> 2.2.2 The dimensions of social capital. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12<br /> 2.2.3 Types of social capital. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15<br /> 2.2.4 Social capital and institutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19<br /> 2.2.5 Nature of social capital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21<br /> 2.2.6 Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25<br /> 2.3 Measurement of social capital. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27<br /> 2.3.1 Individual and collective levels measures of social capital. . . . . . . 27<br /> 2.3.2 Distribution of social capital. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31<br /> 2.4 Determinants of trust: an empirical analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39<br /> 2.4.1 Data and strategy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41<br /> 2.4.2 Results. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42<br /> 2.5 Consequences of social capital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46<br /> 2.5.1 Empirical Macroeconomics literature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47<br /> 2.5.2 Empirical Microeconomics literature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49<br /> 2.6 Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51<br /> 3 Social capital as an engine of growth: multisectoral endogenous growth<br /> modelling and quantitative implications 71<br /> 3.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71<br /> 3.2 Relation to literature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74<br /> 3.3 The model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76<br /> 3.3.1 Production of final goods and capital accumulation . . . . . . . . . . 78<br /> 3.3.2 Firms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79<br /> 3.3.3 Households behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80<br /> 3.3.4 Equilibrium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81<br /> 3.3.5 Balanced growth paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83<br /> 3.3.6 Steady state growth rate: the role of social capital . . . . . . . . . . . 84<br /> 3.3.7 Comparison with the Lucas–Uzawa' model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85<br /> 3.3.8 BGP growth rate and factor intensity of social capital in the education<br /> sector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87<br /> 3.4 Numerical exercises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89<br /> 3.4.1 Estimation of the elasticity of social capital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90<br /> 3.4.2 Numerical comparative statics of the BGPs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93<br /> 3.4.3 Productivity shocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94<br /> 3.4.4 Imbalance effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99<br /> 3.5 Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101<br /> 4 Impact of social capital on children educational outcomes: the case of<br /> Tanzania 119<br /> 4.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119<br /> 4.2 Data description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123<br /> 4.2.1 Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123<br /> 4.2.2 Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124<br /> 4.2.3 Variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126<br /> 4.2.4 Independent variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126<br /> 4.2.5 Control variables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130<br /> 4.2.6 Descriptive statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131<br /> 4.2.7 Attrition 1994-2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133<br /> 4.3 Estimation strategy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134<br /> 4.3.1 Short run regression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134<br /> 4.4 Short term results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137<br /> 4.4.1 Fixed effects results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137<br /> 4.4.2 2SLS results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140<br /> 4.4.3 Robustness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142<br /> 4.5 Persistence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144<br /> 4.5.1 Long term results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145<br /> 4.6 Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148</p> 99 BE 07 03 01 https://pul.uclouvain.be/resources/titles/29303100084920/images/ac64504cc249b070772848642cffe6ff/THUMBNAIL/9782875580863.jpg 20160216 02 https://pul.uclouvain.be/book/?GCOI=29303100084920 06 3052405007518 Presses universitaires de Louvain 01 06 3052405007518 Presses universitaires de Louvain Louvain-la-Neuve BE 04 20121210 430 2012 01 WORLD 01 9.45 in 02 6.30 in 03 0.99 in 08 10.15 oz 01 24 cm 02 16 cm 03 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