Social capital, well-being, and earnings: Theory and evidence from Poland

European Societies

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 231-255

  Growiec, Jakub ^a   Growiec, Katarzyna ^b  

^a WARSAW SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Poland)

^b POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bonding social capital; Bridging social capital; Earnings; Poland; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952005409     PISSN: 14616696     EISSN: 14698307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616690902718381     Document Type: Article

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