leadership selection mechanisms are more likely to produce interpersonal trust than other forms of participation. … provides individual-level data on the population's participation in social organizations and willingness to trust members of … its community. Probit models are estimated to explain the individual's decision to participate and to trust strangers, and …

in HIV prevalence will lead to a 1 percent decline in trust, controlling for other determinants of social capital. If one …

capital provides long-term benefits such as better access to credit and a higher level of trust in the community as a source …

Social capital - in the form of general trust and strong civi norms that call for cooperation when large … societies with greater trust tended to have governments that performed significantly better. The authors used survey measures of … capital (as measured by an index of trust, volunteering, and census response), government performance is rated higher, based …

individuals dominate the process. Propensity score analysis reveals that the JSIF has had a causal impact on improvements in trust …

activity and their trust in various institutions and individuals. They match this measure of social capital with data on …