Background UK health policy increasingly focusses on health as an asset. This represents a shift ... more Background UK health policy increasingly focusses on health as an asset. This represents a shift of focus away from specific risk factors towards the more holistic capacity by which integrated care assets in the community support improvements in both health and the wider flourishing of individuals. Though the social determinants of health are well known, relatively little research has focussed on the impact of an individual’s health on their social outcomes. This research investigates how improved health can deliver a social return through the development of social capital. Methods An observational study is undertaken on 25 years of longitudinal data, from 1991, drawn from the harmonised British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) and Understanding Society Survey (USS). Fixed effects instrumental variable panel data regression analysis is undertaken on individuals. The number of memberships of social organisations, as a measure of structural social capital, is regressed on subjectively me...
14 Presenting demi-regularities: the case of Post Keynesian pricing1 Paul Downward and Andrew Mea... more 14 Presenting demi-regularities: the case of Post Keynesian pricing1 Paul Downward and Andrew Mearman on a practical level, one must ask how demi-regularities are found. When is a demi-regularity not a demi-regularity? (Mearman, 1998, p. 167) Introduction In Chapter 7, ...
Background UK health policy increasingly focusses on health as an asset. This represents a shift ... more Background UK health policy increasingly focusses on health as an asset. This represents a shift of focus away from specific risk factors towards the more holistic capacity by which integrated care assets in the community support improvements in both health and the wider flourishing of individuals. Though the social determinants of health are well known, relatively little research has focussed on the impact of an individual’s health on their social outcomes. This research investigates how improved health can deliver a social return through the development of social capital. Methods An observational study is undertaken on 25 years of longitudinal data, from 1991, drawn from the harmonised British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) and Understanding Society Survey (USS). Fixed effects instrumental variable panel data regression analysis is undertaken on individuals. The number of memberships of social organisations, as a measure of structural social capital, is regressed on subjectively me...
14 Presenting demi-regularities: the case of Post Keynesian pricing1 Paul Downward and Andrew Mea... more 14 Presenting demi-regularities: the case of Post Keynesian pricing1 Paul Downward and Andrew Mearman on a practical level, one must ask how demi-regularities are found. When is a demi-regularity not a demi-regularity? (Mearman, 1998, p. 167) Introduction In Chapter 7, ...
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