goal: consequences of social capital in recent years has been much attention, however, little research has been about its relationship to job satisfaction. the main purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between social capital and job satisfaction of teachers of physical education of hamedan province. method: this research uses descriptive - correlational questionnaire was co...

During the past half century, theorizing about economic growth has forced economists to reconsider and revise the capital concept a number of times. This paper explores the analytical relationship between capital accumulation and economic growth, on the one hand, and the natural world, on the other. Section 1 sketches modern growth theory with an emphasis on whether or not the economy is seen a...

Extending the wealth accumulation model of Piketty and Zucman [2014] to include net depreciation in fossil fuels, minerals, and forests produces two key indicators: the net national saving rate adjusted for natural capital depreciation, and the ratio of this rate to long-run growth. These indicators are applied to eight rich economies over 1970–2013 and developing countries for 1979–2013. Where...

Debate about the substitutability of manufactured, natural, human, and social capital is at the heart of sustainability theory. Sociology can contribute to this debate by examining the processes and mechanisms by which one form of capital is substituted for another. The authors examine the substitution among different forms of capitals at China’s Wolong Nature Reserve, where the consumption of ...

BACKGROUND To examine the association between individual-level social capital and physical activity. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS In February 2009, data were collected in a population-based cross-sectional survey in Okayama city, Japan. A cluster-sampling approach was used to randomly select 4,000 residents from 20 school districts. A total of 2260 questionnaires were returned (response rat...

In this paper, I develop a new measure of human capital stock that has two advantages over previous measures. First, it allows for the fact that the cost of education varies across time, countries, and levels. Second, the unit of measurement is dollars, which allows comparison of human capital stocks with other macroeconomic variables, including national income (GDP) and physical capital stocks...

Economists now recognize that, along with physical and human capital, environmental resources should be viewed as important economic assets, which can be called natural capital . Three recent debates have emerged over the role of natural capital in economic development. First, as many ecological services are unique, does the environment have an “essential” role in sustaining human welfare, and ...