Social capital: a new composite index
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https://doi.org/10.71014/sieds.v79i4.355Keywords:
composite index, social capitalAbstract
The paper aims to propose a new measure of social capital by means of the construction of a composite index based on Adjusted Mazziotta-Pareto Index (AMPI) methodology, in order to study its dynamic during the period 2018-2022 at the level of Italian municipalities, giving its contribution to the limited literature on the effects of the CoViD-19 pandemic on social capital at local level. The results suggest that pandemic shock have had its impact not only on the level of social capital but also on its territorial distribution, causing, on the one hand, a reduction in municipalities with high endowments and, on the other hand, an increase in those with lower endowments.
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