Social capital and political institutions : evidence that democracy fosters trust

Martin Ljunge

This paper finds evidence that more democratic political institutions increase trust. Second generation immigrants with ancestries from 115 countries are studied within 30 European countries. Comparing individuals born and residing in the same country, those whose father was born in a more democratic country express higher trust than those whose father was born in a less democratic country. The results are robust to individual, parental, and ancestral country controls.

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Year of publication:	2013
Authors:	Ljunge, Martin
Publisher:	Stockholm : Research Inst. of Industrial Economics
Subject:	trust \| democracy \| political institutions \| cultural transmission \| social capital \| Sozialkapital \| Social capital \| Demokratie \| Democracy \| Vertrauen \| Confidence \| Institutionelle Infrastruktur \| Institutional infrastructure \| Institutionenökonomik \| Institutional economics \| Deutschland \| Germany

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Extent:	Online-Ressource (12 S.)
Series:	IFN working paper. - Stockholm, ZDB-ID 2483275-3. - Vol. 988
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Arbeitspapier ; Working Paper ; Graue Literatur ; Non-commercial literature
Language:	English
Notes:	Systemvoraussetzungen: Acrobat Reader
Other identifiers:	hdl:10419/95633 [Handle]
Classification:	F55 - International Institutional Arrangements ; H10 - Structure and Scope of Government. General ; J62 - Occupational and Intergenerational Mobility ; Z13 - Social Norms and Social Capital
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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