The economics of social capital and health : a conceptual and empirical roadmap / edited by Sherman Folland, Oakland University, USA, Lorenzo Rocco, University of Padova, Italy ; foreword by Richard M. Scheffler, University of California, Berkeley
Introduction to the economics of social capital and health / Sherman Folland and Lorenzo Rocco -- What is social capital and how does it work to improve health? / Sherman Folland -- Investing in social capital / Sherman Folland, Kaarboe, and Islam -- Social capital : an economic perspective / LaPorte -- How social capital arises in populations / Sherman Folland and Iversen -- Measures of social capital / Richard Scheffler and Yumna Bahgat -- The empirics of social capital / Lorenzo Rocco and Elena Fumagalli -- Social capital and health in low- and middle-income countries / Jose Anchorena, Lucas Ronconi, and Sachiko Ozawa -- Social capital and smoking / Lorenzo Rocco and Beatrice d'Hombres -- Policy implications / Eline Aas