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Comparison of neighborhood trust between generations in a racially homogeneous society: A case study from Japan.

Yamamura, Eiji - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

Using Japanese prefecture-level data for the years 1979 and 1996, I explore the extent to which inequality, age … trust. The major findings are as follows: (1) Income inequality is associated with low trust for both young and the old … sample includes older-generation respondents only. These results are not changed when I instrument for inequality and per …

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Effects of Income Inequality on Growth through Efficiency Improvement and Capital Accumulation.

Yamamura, Eiji; Shin, Inyong - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

In the present paper, the inverted-U shape relationship between growth and inequality found in Chen(2003), is … on the question of how economic inequality affects capital accumulation and efficiency improvement. Key findings are that … inequality enhances efficiency improvement as well as capital accumulation and then undermines them as inequality widens. However …

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Trust in government and its effect on preferences for income redistribution and perceived tax burden

Yamamura, Eiji - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

This paper explores how a trust in government shared by neighbors is associated with individual preferences for income redistribution and individual perceptions regarding income tax burden. Three measures for trust in government are used: “trust in ministries and government agencies”,...

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Trust and Fertility: Evidence from OECD countries

Yamamura, Eiji; Antonio R, Andrés - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011

Using panel data for 24 (OECD) countries during the period 1980–2004 this study examines how social trust affects fertility. The major finding through the random effects approach is that the social trust increases the fertility rate. A 1% rise in the trust rate leads to an increase in...

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Effect of social capital on income distribution preferences: comparison of neighborhood externality between high- and low-income households

Yamamura, Eiji - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011

This paper explores how individual preferences for income redistribution are influenced by social capital, which is measured by rates of participation in community activities. I combined individual-level data and place of residence data to examine how social capital accumulated in residential...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009216348

Effect of social capital on income redistribution preferences: comparison of neighborhood externality between high- and low-income households

Yamamura, Eiji - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

This paper explores how individual preferences for income redistribution are influenced by social capital, which is measured by rates of participation in community activities. Individual-level data and place of residence data were combined to examine how social capital accumulated in residential...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009647437

Heterogeneity, trust, human capital and productivity growth: Decomposition analysis

Yamamura, Eiji; Shin, Inyong - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

determinants through a dynamic panel model. In particular, this paper focuses on the question of how inequality, trust and humans … affect the above components. The main findings derived from empirical estimations are: (1) Inequality impedes not only …

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