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SOCIAL CAPITAL AS AN ENGINE OF GROWTH: MULTISECTORAL MODELING AND IMPLICATIONS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 August 2016

Youyou Baende Bofota ,
Raouf Boucekkine  and
Alain Pholo Bala
Youyou Baende Bofota
Affiliation:
Université de Kinshasa
Raouf Boucekkine
Affiliation:
Université Aix-Marseille
Alain Pholo Bala*
Affiliation:
University of Johannesburg
*
Address correspondence to: Alain Pholo Bala, Department of Economics and Econometrics, University of Johannesburg, APK Campus, D Ring 213, PO Box 524, Auckland Park 2006, Johannesburg, South Africa; e-mail: apholo@uj.ac.za, alainpholo@gmail.com.
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Abstract

We propose an endogenous growth model incorporating social capital. Social capital serves only as an input in the production of human capital and it involves a cost in terms of the final good. In contrast to alternative specifications, this model ensures that social capital enhances productivity gains by playing the role of a timing belt that drives the transmission and propagation of all productivity shocks. We find that, depending on the measure of social capital, the elasticity of human capital with respect to social capital varies from 6% to 10%. Finally, we investigate the short-term dynamics and imbalance effect properties of the model, depending on the value of this elasticity. In particular, we show that when the substitutability of social capital for human capital increases, the economy is better equipped to surmount initial imbalances, as individuals may allocate more working time to the final good sector without impeding economic growth.

Keywords

Social CapitalHuman CapitalEconomic GrowthImbalance Effects
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Macroeconomic Dynamics , Volume 20 , Special Issue 8: Technology Aspects in the Process of Development , December 2016 , pp. 2093 - 2122
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2016 

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