Ravi Pendakur on "Giving and Receiving Help among Neighbours"

Speaker:  Ravi Pendakur - University of Ottawa
  Monday, March 18, 2013 at 12:30 PM Aula C, Palazzo di Economia

In this paper we look at the links between social capital and helping neighbours or receiving help from neighbours.  Our data are drawn from the 2003 and 2008 Canadian General Social Surveys, both of which looked at linkages across social networks.  In particular, we examine the relationship between municipal, neighbourhood and individual level ethnicity social capital formation and the level of helping amongst neighbours.  Using a combination of factor analysis and random intercept model regressions, we find a strong link between social capital formation and helping, but do not find strong links between diversity, social capital and helping. This suggests that previous research, which found strong links between diversity and social capital, may be overstated.


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Eugenio Peluso

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Publication date
January 30, 2013

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