eprintid: 3592
rev_number: 13
eprint_status: archive
userid: 6
dir: disk0/00/00/35/92
datestamp: 2016-11-08 09:21:45
lastmod: 2016-11-08 09:21:45
status_changed: 2016-11-08 09:21:45
type: monograph
metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: Borisova, Ekaterina
creators_name: Govorun, Andrei
creators_name: Ivanov, Denis
title: Bridging or bonding? Preferences for redistribution and social capital in Russia
ispublished: pub
subjects: DK
subjects: HB
divisions: EIC
full_text_status: public
monograph_type: imt_eic_working_paper
keywords: Keywords: preferences for redistribution; inequality; social capital; trust; corruption; Russia    
JEL-codes: Z13, H10
abstract: Does bridging or bonding social capital matter for redistribution preferences? Existing literature demonstrates causal link between measures of social capital and such preferences but does it mostly for developed countries with good enforcement of formal rules and without a distinction between two completely different types of social capital. We argue that welfare state relies on contributions from an immense number of anonymous citizens, thus attitudes towards strangers, i.e. generalized trust and solidarity should be salient. Using two surveys of about 34,000 and 37,000 Russians we prove this proposition showing the importance of the bridging type but not the bonding one. Instrumenting social capital with education, climate and distance from Moscow we deal with endogeneity concerns. Additionally we claim that connection between social capital and redistribution preferences for less developed countries such as Russia could be similar to developed countries.
date: 2016-11
date_type: published
number: 5
publisher: IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca
pages: 24
institution: IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca
issn: 2279-6894
citation:   Borisova, Ekaterina and Govorun, Andrei and Ivanov, Denis  Bridging or bonding? Preferences for redistribution and social capital in Russia.  EIC working paper series  #5/2016    IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca    ISSN 2279-6894.      
document_url: http://eprints.imtlucca.it/3592/1/EIC_WP_5_2016.pdf