Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 
Title: Mapping the Dimensions of Social Capital
Author-Name: Katarzyna Growiec 
Author-Name: Jakub Growiec 
Author-Name: Bogumił Kamiński 
Abstract: We provide a novel survey dataset of a representative sample ofthe Polish population (n = 1000), allowing for a detailed quantification of Bourdieu's (1986) definition of social capital as the aggregate of resourcesaccessible 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 socialcapital (ties with dissimilar others), and bonding social capital (ties withsimilar others, primarily with kin). Construction of the 'map' is based onmutual correlations among the four social capital dimensions as well astheir diverse links with immediate outcomes – individuals' social trust andwillingness to cooperate - and ultimate outcomes: individual incomes, lifesatisfaction and happiness.
Number: 2017-025
Length: 75 pages 
Creation-Date: 2017-03
Keywords: social capital, social network structure, social trust, willingness to cooperate, new survey dataset
Classification-JEL: D85, J31, Z13
File-URL: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12182/1151
File-Format: Application/pdf
DOI: 10.33119/kaewps2017025
Handle: RePEc:sgh:kaewps:2017025