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Social Capital, Income, and Subjective Well-Being in Developing Countries: Evidence from Vietnam

Authors : Nguyen Ngoc Minh, Nguyen Ngoc Anh

Published in: International Trade, Economic Development, and the Vietnamese Economy

Publisher: Springer Nature Singapore

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Abstract

Using data from the Vietnam Access to Resources Households Survey in 2012 and 2014, our chapter analyzes the relationship between social capital and well-being from a multidimensional perspective. Our results indicate heterogeneous impacts of social capital dimensions on each measure of well-beings. There is a trade-off between the objective well-being and subjective well-being when people invest in social capital. It is necessary to study the relationship between social capital and individual well-being using a multidimensional approach.

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In the literature, bonding and bridging social capital have also been characterized as strong ties and weak ties, respectively (e.g., Ellison et al., 2007).
 
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Metadata
Title
Social Capital, Income, and Subjective Well-Being in Developing Countries: Evidence from Vietnam
Authors
Nguyen Ngoc Minh
Nguyen Ngoc Anh
Copyright Year
2022
Publisher
Springer Nature Singapore
Book
International Trade, Economic Development, and the Vietnamese Economy

Print ISBN: 978-981-19-0514-8

Electronic ISBN: 978-981-19-0515-5

Copyright Year: 2022

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-0515-5_10