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  	  Social Capital Global Network<br />
  	  II Workshop on Social Capital and Health<br />
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  	  Paris, France<br />
      October 10-11, 2008
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  <h2 class="section_title">Call for Papers</h2>
  
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    We invite the submission of abstracts for a second workshop of the Social Capital and Health Research Network, following the inaugural workshop held in Berkeley on October 26-27, 2006. This second event will be co-organized in Paris by <acronym title="Institut de Recherche et Documentation en &#201;conomie de la Sant&#233;">IRDES</acronym> and by the <acronym title="Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development">OECD</acronym> on October 10-11, 2008.
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  With contributions focusing on different aspects of social capital and health, the Paris workshop will  be linked to ongoing work at the <acronym title="Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development">OECD</acronym> on the role played by education in fostering social capital and health outcomes, the workshop organizers invite potential participants to propose contributions focusing, in particular, on the following questions:
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      What evidence is there of a causal nature of the links between education and social capital, between education and health, and between social capital and health? What approaches may be applied to assess causality on the basis of existing data?
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      What are the marginal returns to education in terms of health and 'social engagement and cohesion'?
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      Does 'social engagement and cohesion' have the modulating role in the relationship between education and health? 
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      What are the policy implications of the links between education and social capital, between education and health, and between social capital and health? What role could public policies in the education sector play, relative to other forms of public policy, in building social capital and improving health?
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    The questions and themes outlined above are not meant to be exclusive, and contributions focusing on other aspects of social capital and health will be considered for presentation at the workshop.
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    Contributors are invited to make use of the widest possible range of data sources and original analytical approaches in developing their work. As part of its work on the social outcomes of learning, <acronym title="Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development">OECD</acronym>'s <acronym title="Centre for Educational Research and Innovation">CERI</acronym> has commissioned a paper to Professor Donald Kenkel of Cornell University, on the feasibility of a quantitative assessment of the causal effects of different levels of education on health and social capital. This paper will be made available to those wishing to test some of the empirical approaches that will be reviewed by Professor Kenkel in his work. In addition, in an earlier phase of the <acronym title="Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development">OECD</acronym> project a number of conceptual models of the relationship between education and social capital and between education and health were explored. These can be found <a href="http://www.oecd.org/edu/socialoutcomes/symposium" rel="external">online</a>, particularly in the contributions by Campbell et al., pages 38-44, and by Feinstein et al., section 4.2. These are also described in the recent <acronym title="Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development">OECD</acronym>-<acronym title="Centre for Educational Research and Innovation">CERI</acronym> publication: <a href="http://www.oecd.org/document/5/0,3343,fr_2649_35845581_38905029_1_1_1_1,00.html" rel="external">Understanding the Social Outcomes of Learning</a>.
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    Abstracts should be sent by e-mail to <a href="mailto:dourgnon@irdes.fr">Paul Dourgnon</a> by November 9, 2007. On the basis of the abstracts received, the organizers will prepare a preliminary program for the workshop in December 2007.
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