Social capital and health inequalities in developing countries: a case study for Indonesia

Florence Jusot (1, 2) , Marta Menéndez (3, 2)

1 Legos - Laboratoire d'Economie et de Gestion des Organisations de Santé
2 LEDa - Laboratoire d'Economie de Dauphine
3 DIAL - Développement, institutions et analyses de long terme

This chapter opens with a thorough review of the literature on the health effects of social capital in a large collection of countries, especially in developing countries such as Indonesia. The study includes many innovations and new findings. For example, it finds that inequalities in health opportunities account for 10 per cent of inequalities in health.

Mots clés: Indonesia; health; social capital

Domaines: Économie et finance quantitative [q-fin]

Florence Jusot, Marta Menéndez. Social capital and health inequalities in developing countries: a case study for Indonesia. Elgar Companion to Social Capital and Health, pp.257-275, 2018, ⟨10.4337/9781785360718.00028⟩. ⟨hal-02447016⟩