1 Social Capital: Measurement and Consequences Robert Putnam This paper starts with a
discussion of definitions of social capit Page 1 1 Social Capital: Measurement and Consequences
Robert Putnam 1 This paper starts with a discussion of definitions of social capital, then turns
to issues in measurement, and finally, presents some evidence on the consequences of
social capital. In the last five years, I have been working exclusively on some specific and
perhaps unique problems about social capital in the United States, so all of my examples are�…