01553nam a22001577a 4500 522004 522004 230307b ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Banerjee, Breeta and Kundu, Amit 38267 Revisiting the relationship between social capital and income of informal workers: An empirical analysis from Hooghly district of West Bengal, India The Indian Journal of Labour Economics 65(3), Jul-Sep, 2022: p. 747-778 Social capital is often argued an important non-monetized capital for poor people which can be instrumental for poverty eradication and overall economic development. This paper investigates these claims for informal workers. Based on data from a primary survey in Hooghly district of West Bengal, India, an individual level composite social capital index is calculated considering the structural-relational-cognitive dimensions of social capital. Then OLS method has been used to test the impact of social capital on income with respect to the socioeconomic condition of responders. The findings suggest that the role of social capital to improve income is limited by the poor socioeconomic condition and therefore the optimistic view about the role of social capital in poverty eradication should be treated cautiously. – Reproduced Social capital, Structural social capital, Relational social capital, Cognitive social capital, Social capital index, Income Informal workers. 36619 The Indian Journal of Labour Economics LABOURS AR 0 0 ddc 0 0 396689 IIPA IIPA 2023-03-07 65(3), Jul-Sep, 2022: p. 747-778 AR128266 2023-03-07 AR