Capital social e pobreza no Brasil

Abstract

The article analyzes the impact of social capital on income and poverty reduction in Brazil. Through the main components technique and based on the World Values Survey, a social capital index was constructed considering three categories of indicators: participation in organizations / associations; Density of the partner and trust in the people, and the Probit model and its marginal effects were estimated. Among the main results, it was concluded that besides social capital contributing positively with income, its impact is greater than the impacts caused, for example, by the fact that the individual is employed, married or white. It was also observed that the lower the income scale, the greater the impact of social capital on income generation and consequently on poverty reduction. In view of these and other evidences presented in this article, it is suggested to stimulate the formation of informal social cohesions based on attributes such as trust, cooperation and solidarity.