Internet Usage and Investment in Social Capital

Thierry Penard; Nicolas Poussing

Internet Usage and Investment in Social Capital

Thierry Penard
, Nicolas Poussing

Labour Market

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Abstract

This paper aims to understand the impact of the Internet on social capital. Does Internet usage influence the investments in social networks? Firstly, we address this theoretical question with a micro-economic model of social capital. Secondly, thanks to Luxembourg data, we evaluate the determinants of the investments in social capital via the Internet. The results show a complementarity between the online investments and the offline investments (measured by the participation in associations), except for individuals who have had some kind of professional or personal mobility. The latter seem to strongly use the Internet to invest in social capital.

Original language	English
Publisher	CEPS/INSTEAD
Number of pages	33
Publication status	Published - 2005

Publication series

Name	Entreprises Working Papers
Publisher	CEPS/INSTEAD
No.	2005-04

Keywords

Internet
Investment
capital
social

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