Social Capital; Gender; Relations; Life cycle; Italy
Disciplines :
Social economics
Author, co-author :
JOXHE, Majlinda ; University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance (FDEF) > Center for Research in Economic Analysis (CREA)
Addis, Elisabetta; University of Sassari > Department of Law
External co-authors :
yes
Language :
English
Title :
“Gender Gaps in Social Capital: a theoretical interpretation of the Italian evidence”
Publication date :
July 2015
Event name :
International Association for Feminist Economics -24th IAFFE Annual Conference
Event organizer :
Berlin School of Economics and Law
Event place :
Berlin, Germany
Event date :
16-08-2015 to 18-08-2015
Audience :
International
References of the abstract :
In this paper, we show that social capital accumulation along the life cycle is different for men and women. We discuss the concept of social capital and some problems connected to its definition and measurement. We survey the literature on gender and social capital and use the Italian data of the “Multiscopo” Survey to assess differences in life cycle accumulation of social capital by sex and age. The lifecycle profile of social capital accumulation is gendered, with men accumulating more social capital at all ages, with a different peak and overall profile. We also show that, over 15 years, the gap in social capital by sex narrowed. Finally, we introduce a model of social capital structure compatible with the empirical evidence and with notions of gender as defined in feminist literature.
