Social Capital and ClimateA First Statistical Approach

  1. Felis Rota, Marta
Revista:
Cuadernos de economía: Spanish Journal of Economics and Finance

ISSN: 2340-6704,  0210-0266

Año de publicación: 2010

Volumen: 33

Número: 93

Páginas: 19-34

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.1016/S0210-0266(10)70069-8 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openBiblos-e Archivo editor

Otras publicaciones en: Cuadernos de economía: Spanish Journal of Economics and Finance

Resumen

El capital social se ha relacionado con el crecimiento económico, el desarrollo financiero y en general con la evolución de la economía. Este artículo apunta a un posible vínculo entre capital social y clima. Se presenta un primer análisis estadístico sobre diferencias climáticas y sus correspondencias con diferentes niveles de capital social para un amplio espectro de países. Los resultados muestran que la relación entre clima y capital social sigue siendo significativa una vez controlados los datos por niveles de renta, educación y esperanza de vida. El clima templado se asocia positivamente a altos niveles de capital social; mientras que los climas tropical, seco y de altura son inversamente proporcionales al índice de capital social. De los resultados se desprende, además, que los climas seco y de altura (climas extremos) parecen tener similitud en su efecto sobre el capital social, pues no se pueden distinguir diferencias estadísticas significativas entre ellos.

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