2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Policy Implications of Social Capital in the Era of Aging and ICT
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19330065
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Economic policy
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| Research Institution | Nihon University |
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Principal Investigator |
INABA Yoji Nihon University, 法学部, 教授 (30366520)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
KONDO Katsunori 日本福祉大学, 社会福祉学部, 教授 (20298558)
YOSHINO Ryozo 情報・システム研究機構, 統計研究所・データ科学研究系, 教授 (60220711)
YANO Satoshi 日本大学, 法学部, 教授 (70296193)
SHIBANAI Yasufumi 同志社大学, 社会学部, 准教授 (60319457)
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| Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) |
MIYATA Kakuko 明治学院大学, 社会学部, 教授 (00184416)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2007 – 2009
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| Keywords | 経済政策 / 経済格差 / SC |
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| Research Abstract |
This research work redefined social capital into three categories ; public goods, club goods, and private goods. We clarified five features of externalities of social capital including its vulnerability to internalization into market. Our analysis based on national survey data on social capital and economic inequality by prefecture shows an increase in wealth gap gives stronger negative effects on social capital than income gap does. Our study also revealed that social capital, which promotes social participation, is related to per capita medical expenditures of the elderly.
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