Abstract

TREDICI, Romina Del. Capital social redistributivo: los efectos de las redes de compromiso en la desigualdad subnacional en Argentina. Postdata [online]. 2022, vol.27, n.1, pp.64-80. ISSN 1851-9601.

Although all Argentine provinces improved their income distribution between 2002 and 2013, some of them reduced inequality more than others. The literature on subnational inequality identifies some socioeconomic and political factors that explain part of this variation, but it hardly develops the role social capital has in that outcome. This work argues that more extensive networks of civic engagement influence the perceptions of its members and lead to an increase in individual actions with redistributive effects. On the one hand, the analysis of the distribution of income between 2003 and 2011 shows that the provinces with better indicators of social capital tend to have lower inequality. On the other hand, individual level data indicate that people who participate tend to perceive inequality as a more serious social problem. These results identify understudied paths for redistribution which might contribute to the design of public policies.

Keywords : subnational inequality; social capital; networks of civic engagement; redistribution; Argentine provinces..

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