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Ljunge, Martin - Økonomisk Institut, Københavns Universitet - 2012

This paper estimates the effect of trust on internet use by studying the general population as well as second … generation immigrants in 29 European countries with ancestry in 87 nations. There is a significant positive effect of trust on … internet use. The positive trust effect is not universal to all media, as individuals with high trust are shown to consume less …

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The power of beliefs: Evidence on the influence of trust on self-assessed health

Ljunge, Martin - Økonomisk Institut, Københavns Universitet - 2012

This paper estimates the influence of trust on self-assessed health. Second generation immigrants in a broad set of … European countries with ancestry from across the world are studied. There is a significant positive effect of trust on … which trust creates desirable outcomes. Individuals with high trust feel healthier. As health may promote a more productive …

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Trust Issues: Evidence from Second Generation Immigrants

Ljunge, Martin - Økonomisk Institut, Københavns Universitet - 2011

This paper estimates the intergeneration transmission of trust by studying second generation immigrants in 29 European … countries with ancestry in 87 nations. There is significant transmission of trust on the mother’s side. The transmission is … stronger in Northern Europe. Ancestry from more developed countries suggests a stronger transmission of trust, but the …

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Cultural Transmission of Civicness

Ljunge, Martin - Økonomisk Institut, Københavns Universitet - 2012

This paper estimates the intergeneration transmission of civicness by studying second generation immigrants in 29 European countries with ancestry in 83 nations. There is significant transmission of civicness both on the mother’s and the father’s side. The estimates are quantitatively...

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Serving the Public Interest

Markussen, Thomas; Tyran, Jean-Robert - Økonomisk Institut, Københavns Universitet - 2010

We present a model of political selection in which voters elect a president from a set of candidates. We assume that some of the candidates are benevolent and that all voters prefer a benevolent president, i.e. a president who serves the public interest. Yet, political selection may fail in our...

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Parents' Education and their Adult Offspring's Other-Regarding Behavour

Nielsen, Ulrik H. - Økonomisk Institut, Københavns Universitet - 2014

' other-regarding preferences? I test this by using data from two online experiments -- a Dictator Game and a Trust Game that …

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The Spirit of the Welfare State? Adaptation in the Demand for Social Insurance

Ljunge, Martin - Økonomisk Institut, Københavns Universitet - 2011

Young generations demand substantially more social insurance than older generations, although program rules have been constant for decades. I postulate a model where the utility of taking up social insurance benefits depends on the past behavior of older generations. The model is estimated with...

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Friendship Network in the Classroom: Parents Bias and Peer Effects

Landini, Fabio; Montinari, Natalia; Pin, Paolo; … - Økonomisk Institut, Københavns Universitet - 2014

We interview both parents and their children enrolled in six primary schools in the district of Treviso (Italy). We study the structural differences between the children network of friends reported by children and the one elicited asking their parents. We find that the parents’ network has a...

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Eating Behavior and Social Interactions from Adolescence to Adulthood

Corrado, Luisa; Distante, Roberta - Økonomisk Institut, Københavns Universitet - 2012

This paper analyzes the importance of social ties for eating behavior of US youth. We propose a novel approach that addresses identification of social endogenous effects. We overcome the problem of measuring the separate impact of endogenous and contextual effects on individual Body Mass Index...

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Family Ties and Civic Virtues: Evidence on Wilson's "Moral Sense"

Ljunge, Martin - Økonomisk Institut, Københavns Universitet - 2012

I establish a positive relationship between family ties and civic virtues, as captured by disapproval of tax and benefit cheating, corruption, and a range of other dimensions of exploiting others for personal gain. I find that family ties are a complement to social capital, using within country...

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