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In this paper we explore the relationship between ethnic fractionalization and social capital. First, we test for time differences in the impact of ethnic fractionalization on social capital using U.S. data from 1990, 1997 and 2005. Subsequently we examine the data for evidence of the conflict,...
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-group favoritism in trust decisions. We observe choices of about 1,000 inhabitants of the city of Zurich who take part in a sequential … trust game, in which first movers can condition their investments on the residential districts of second movers. Our main … accordingly. Furthermore, we provide evidence of in-group favoritism, i.e., people trust strangers from their own district …
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. We first show that trust of second-generation Americans is significantly influenced by the country of origin of their … attitudes. We show that trust inherited by second-generation Americans from their country of origins has changed over time. This … result allows us to use the inherited trust of secondgeneration Americans as a time-varying instrument to track back the …
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the most suffered the biggest loss in confidence in institutions, particularly in trust in government and the financial …We document that trust in public institutions – and particularly trust in banks, business and government – has declined … over recent years. U.S. time series evidence suggests that this partly reflects the pro-cyclical nature of trust in …
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migrant sending and receiving countries. Nonetheless, almost nothing is known about how the illegal migration intentions of … potential migrants are formed. This paper aims to explain the factors behind the formation of these intentions to migrate …
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perceived intentions on responder behavior in the ultimatum game. We allow the effects of perceived intentions to depend, among … intentions depends significantly on the socioeconomic characteristics of responders. Strong inequity aversion to the other player …
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In his classic article "An Essay on Bargaining" Schelling (1956) argues that ignorance might actually be strength rather than weakness. We test and confirm Schelling's conjecture in a simple take-it-or-leave bargaining experiment where the proposer can choose between two possible offers. Option...
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Wealthy individuals often voluntarily provide public goods that the poor also consume. Such philanthropy is perceived as legitimizing one’s wealth. Governments routinely exempt the rich from taxation on grounds of their charitable expenditure. We examine the normative logic of this exemption....
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This paper analyses the role of social capital on immigrants' labour market outcomes. We use the "principal component analysis" (PCA) to build an index of social networks and explore its impact on the probability of getting a job and on wage levels using the Households Income and Labour Dynamics...
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We analyze how having an incumbent among candidates affects electoral turnout. We use a rich data set providing information on the electoral results of Italian municipal elections over the period 1993-2011. Endogeneity issues are handled through an instrumental variable approach using the mayor...
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