Connecting Social Capital and Income Distributions

How are social capital distributions and income distributions related?

Lindon J. Robison -

Income distributions can be shown to depend on one's distribution of social capital.

Social capital influences the terms and level of trade which in turn influence the distribution of income.  View the article that describes theoretically and supports empirically the connection between income and social capital distributions.

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