Abstract We set up an analytical framework focusing on the problem of interaction over time when economic agents are characterized by various types of distributional social […]
Abstract Research on the nexus between life satisfaction and income has looked at lottery winners or postcommunism transition to document that exogenous changes in income generate […]
Abstract Poor local information networks and weak social sanctions in urban settings make joint liability unable to guarantee high repayment rates to microlenders. Yet, microcredit programmes […]
Abstract This paper examines the relationship between inequality and happiness through the lens of heterogeneous values, beliefs and inclinations. Drawing upon opinion data from the European […]
Abstract The standard specification of utility functions in economic models usually neglects the effect of sociability on happiness. Our level and first difference panel estimates show […]
Abstract This paper carries out an empirical assessment of the causal nexus connecting social capital’s diverse aspects to the “quality” of economic development in Italy. The […]
Abstract Is cooperative action modern or old fashioned? Why should policymakers pursue it in development strategies? In what way are cooperatives different in terms of economic […]
ABSTRACT Trust and reciprocity are the bond of society (John Locke) and the lubricant of soci-economic systems Arrow). Economic agents are conceived as both self-interested and […]
Abstract This paper carries out an assessment of the influence that different kinds of social ties exert on labour precariousness, on the state of health of […]
Abstract We investigate how the patterns of consumption and accumulation, as well as the patterns of time allocation and of social interaction, may be influenced by […]