THE ROLE OF SOCIAL CAPITAL ON INDIVIDUAL LABOR INCOMES IN BRAZIL

Autores

  • Alexandre Rands Barros Federal University of Pernambuco.
  • Cristiane Soares de Mesquita Federal University of Pernambuco.

Palavras-chave:

Social capital, Social networks, Mincerian equation, Migration.

Resumo

This paper estimates the role of social capital in individual labor incomes in Brazil. It starts discussing the concept and the measurement of social capital, so that a procedure that identifies a group of individuals in society that has a negligible social capital can be built. As a consequence, the role of social capital in individual labor income can be estimated through a Mincerian type equation. Results indicate that this role reaches 63%, on average. This means that weak institutions have throw the Brazilian economy to a high dependence on social capital for the search processes in labor market and for the ability to generate trust on economic relationships. Therefore, public policies should always be concerned with their
consequences for social capital formation and there should exist particular policies to increase trust and reduce the costs of search so that the role of social capital in individual incomes falls.

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Biografia do Autor

  • Alexandre Rands Barros, Federal University of Pernambuco.

    Department of Economics, Federal University of Pernambuco.

  • Cristiane Soares de Mesquita, Federal University of Pernambuco.

    Department of Economics, Federal University of Pernambuco.

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Publicado

11-04-2022

Como Citar

THE ROLE OF SOCIAL CAPITAL ON INDIVIDUAL LABOR INCOMES IN BRAZIL. (2022). Planejamento E Políticas Públicas, 32. https://www.ipea.gov.br/ppp/index.php/PPP/article/view/7

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