Existing studies of social capital formation in US metropolitan areas have found that social capital is lower when there is more income inequality and greater racial fragmentation. I add to this literature by examining the role of income inequality between racial groups (racial income inequality). I find that greater racial income inequality reduces social capital. Also, racial fragmentation is...

there is a good literature confirming the effects of social capital on different health domains. the increase in different types of cancer has caused scientists to encounter a number of issues regarding the reasons of affliction by this disease. the aim of this empirical research was to study the causal aspects of social capital of iranian patients with cancer.the study was a causal-comparative...

Social capital creates local economic prosperity. This ® nding by Putnam (1993a), Fukuyama (1995), Coleman (1988, 1990) and other social scientists has lent legitimacy to what those involved in community economic development have known intuitively for years: the level of inter-personal trust, civic engagement and organisational capability in a community counts. Their research indicates that the...

The question of how initial resource endowments—the stocks of resources that entrepreneurs contribute to their new ventures at the time of founding—affect organizational life chances is one of significant interest in organizational ecology, evolutionary theory, and entrepreneurship research. Using data on the life histories of all 134 firms founded to exploit MIT-assigned inventions during the ...

Neighborhood and family social capital and oral health status of children in Iowa. ii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS First and foremost, I would like to thank my committee for their guidance, feedback, and support throughout this process. A master's thesis is a graduate student's first step into the incredible world of research, and so much of that transition is dependent on good guidance and mentorship. I al...

objective: social determinant of health (sdh) are different from medical care and services. these factors themselves are affected by social policies, and they influence health more than medical care and services do. due to the importance of chronic non-communicable diseases especially diabetes in yazd, and assuming the effect of sdh, the present study was conducted in order to examine the relat...

OBJECTIVE To analyze the self-reported perceived health related to socio-demographic characteristics, social health inequalities and social capital in Colombia. METHODS This study is a cross-sectional design; data was obtained from the National Health Survey of Colombia 2007. INDEPENDENT VARIABLES socio-demographic characteristics; component variables: social health inequality and social ca...

Objective: To analyze the self-reported perceived health related to socio-demographic characteristics, social health inequalities and social capital in Colombia. Methods: This study is a cross-sectional design; data was obtained from the National Health Survey of Colombia 2007. Independent variables: socio-demographic characteristics; component variables: social health inequality and social cap...

Changing teachers’ perceptions about the value of technology and equipping them with appropriate knowledge and skills in pedagogical use of technology is often regarded as a key determinant of success in technology infusion in schools. However, recent studies have indicated that changing teachers’ epistemological beliefs about the use of technology in teaching and learning may not necessarily b...

capital structure puzzle is a challenging issue in corporate finance. different researchers attempt to identify ways to determine optimized capital structure which minimizes firm’s cost of capital and maximizes its value, by proposing variety of theories. in line with forming new theories and introducing determinant variables, the absence of comprehensive research which simultaneously tests exi...