Bridging social capital in Poland to be significantly below the European average
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Bridging social capital in Poland is very underdeveloped, as can be seen from the research by Jonathan Muringani and Rune D. Fitjar from the University of Stavanger, Norway, and Andres Rodrıguez-Pose from the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK. In other words, it is about trust in and the ability to cooperate with people we do not know personally, with whom we do not have direct contact.
The researchers used data for 190 regions in 21 EU countries, covering eight waves of the European Social Survey between 2002 and 2016.
The findings of the report confirm also the differences between the effects of bonding and bridging social capital on economic growth. The two are highly correlated, and individually each is associated with higher levels of growth. However, when both are included in the same model, interesting differences emerge: while bridging social capital has a positive effect on regional economic growth when controlling for bonding, bonding social capital is negative for growth when controlling for the level of bridging in the region. Furthermore, the findings confirm that human capital moderates the effects of social capital on economic growth.
"Bonding and bridging social capital are highly correlated and, individually, each leads to higher growth. However, in combination, bridging social capital spurs economic growth, while bonding reduces it when controlling for bridging," the authors explain.
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