Editing Social capital (section)

=== Economic measures ===
Knack and Keefer (1996) measured [[Econometrics|econometric]] correlations between confidence and civic cooperation norms, with [[economic growth]] in a large group of countries. They found that confidence and civic cooperation have a great impact in economic growth, and that in less [[Social polarization|polarized]] societies in terms of inequality and ethnic differences, social capital is bigger.

Narayan and Pritchet (1997) researched the [[associativity]] degree and economic performance in rural homes of [[Tanzania]]. They observed that even in [[Poverty index|high poverty indexes]], families with higher levels of incomes had more participation in collective organizations. The social capital they accumulated because of this participation had individual benefits for them, and created collective benefits through different routes, for example: their agricultural practices were better than those of the families without participation (they had more information about agrochemicals, fertilizers and seeds); they had more information about the market; they were prepared to take more risks, because being part of a social network made them feel more protected; they had an influence on the improvement of public services, showing a bigger level of participation in schools; they cooperated more in the municipality level.