This paper finds evidence that more democratic political institutions increase trust. Second generation immigrants with … country, those whose father was born in a more democratic country express higher trust than those whose father was born in a …

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 …

This paper presents evidence that generalized trust promotes health. Children of immigrants in a broad set of European … in trust across countries of ancestry. There is a significant positive estimate of ancestral trust in explaining …. Individuals with higher ancestral trust are also less likely to be hampered by health problems in their daily life, providing …

This paper estimates the intergenerational 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 …

Social trust is linked to many desirable economic and social outcomes, but the causality between trust and institutions … institutions and norms (such as corruption perceptions, average trust levels and various aspects of economic freedom) on social … trust. The results suggest that individual trust suffers in countries with high corruption, low trust and low legal quality …

We present new evidence on the influence of income inequality on generalized trust. Using individual panel data from … especially differences among people in the bottom half of the income distribution, are associated with lower trust. The … relationship between income inequality and trust is particularly strong for people with a strong aversion against income …

We conduct an extensive robustness analysis of the relationship between trust and growth by investigating a later time …. We find that when outliers (especially China) are removed, the trust-growth relationship is no longer robust. On average …, the trust coefficient is half as large as in previous findings. …

This paper reviews the literature on economic inequality and trust. Cross-country studies, within-country studies, and … experiments all suggest that economic inequality exerts a negative influence on trust. Four mechanisms are proposed to explain the …