United in Diversity?

An Empirical Investigation on Europe's Regional Social Capital

Fabian Stephany and

Fabian Braesemann

10th Geoffrey J.D. Hewings Regional Economics Workshop, 25/9/2017

Our motivation

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was the diverse EU response to the refuge challenge.

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Is social capital

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more than trust, norms, and networks?

Coleman, J. S. (1988). Social capital in the creation of human capital. American journal of sociology, 94, S95-S120.

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Three aspects emerge from our data-driven analysis

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of 26 items from the ESS 6/7.

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"Social capitalists" 

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have truncated the European continent in many ways.

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General, civic, and communitarian social capital

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are diversely distributed across and within countries.

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General, civic, and communitarian social capital

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are diversely distributed across and within countries.

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General, civic, and communitarian social capital

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are diversely distributed across and within countries.

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New facets allow a more refined analysis

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with the use of non-parametric tools.

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In summary, 

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we hope to enrich the debate with three contributions:

Three Dimensions

Regional Distribution

Non-Parametric Measure

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