This paper examines the effect of exposure to a culture of easier divorce as a minor on generalized trust using the … unilateral divorce reforms across the US. According to the results, the divorce revolution seems to have had some effect on trust … effects for women with an additional year of exposure being associated with a 4 percentage point lower generalized trust in …

We show the existence of a twin peaks relation between trust and the size of the welfare state that stems from two …

We examine whether a corruption scandal in which the incumbent is implicated undermines trust in local government. We …, and data on the level of trust expressed in local politicians drawn from a new survey conducted in late 2009. We use … matching methods to improve the identification of the effect of corruption scandals on trust, comparing municipalities affected …

also investigate other dimensions and find no differences in terms of trust, while there is evidence of some differences in …

expressing health care-seeking behavior as a function of economic and behavioral fundamentals and highlighting the role of trust …. We report several findings. First, we document a strong association between higher levels of trust in the health care … scenarios, from routine check-ups to vaccinations. Second, the impact of trust on health care utilization is similar in …

), are currently more prone to voting for populist parties, and manifest lower trust both in national and European …

We estimate the effect of parental separation on the risk and trust attitudes of German adolescents using a large …, even after conditioning on the attitudes of parents and other controls. This trust deficit persists into early adulthood …. Moreover, for both trust and risk, we find that separation attenuates the transmission of preferences from father to child …