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Milagrosa, Aimee; Slangen, Louis H.G.. |
This reports a research work that measured the social capital of indigenous Kanakaney and Ibaloi vegetable growers and traders in seven highland communities of Benguet, in the Cordillera region, Philippines. The social capital index was calculated using an additive equation. The equation consists of measurable variables such as formal associations, trust, collective action and satisfaction and optimism. Six factors explaining social capital were extracted. Tests were used to check for relationships between social capital indicators and exogenous variables such as gender, educational attainment, religion, age and ethnicity. The effect of social capital on vegetable marketing is that possibly more efficient marketing arrangements are foregone in lieu of... |
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Institutional and Behavioral Economics. |
Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21126 |
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