Does social capital lead to better health?a review of causal research
Authors
Xindong Xue, Qihui Lei
Corresponding Author
Xindong Xue
Available Online July 2016.
- DOI
- 10.2991/ssehr-16.2016.44How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Social capital, Health, Causality
- Abstract
This paper summarizes and reviews the relevant literature on the causal relationship between social capital and health in western countries and China. The endogeneity of social capital poses challenges to identify the causal relationship. The empirical evidence so far remained mixed due to various measurement of social capital, research objectives and identification methodology. This paper concludes that the relationship between social capital and health should be taken as one of the key directions for China's health policy research.
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- © 2016, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Xindong Xue AU - Qihui Lei PY - 2016/07 DA - 2016/07 TI - Does social capital lead to better health?a review of causal research BT - Proceedings of 2016 5th International Conference on Social Science, Education and Humanities Research PB - Atlantis Press SP - 206 EP - 211 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/ssehr-16.2016.44 DO - 10.2991/ssehr-16.2016.44 ID - Xue2016/07 ER -