Tolerance - respecting those who are different - is arguably of particular importance in an era of globalization, where … different from oneself. We investigate whether globalization induces parents to want to instill tolerance in their children, the … willingness-to-teach-kids-tolerance measure, that globalization enhances the willingness to transmit such social values. More …

treating everyone equally irrespective of sexual orientation. We find that legal recognition of partnership, marriage and … further build on previous research showing positive effects of economic freedom on happiness and on tolerance towards gay …

We highlight a new factor behind integration: tolerance in the immigrants' background culture. We hypothesize that it … that embodies tolerance towards people who are different. We test this by applying the epidemiological method, using a … tolerance index based on two indicators from the World Values Survey - the share that thinks it important to teach children …

Tolerance is a distinguishing feature of Western culture: There is a widespread attitude that people should be allowed … to say what they want even if one dislikes the message. Still, the degree of tolerance varies between and within … economic freedom (i.e., lower government expenditures, lower and more general taxes and more modest regulation) on tolerance in …

Tolerance has the potential to affect both economic growth and wellbeing. It is therefore important to discern its …-oriented is related to different measures of tolerance. Regression analysis of up to 65 countries reveals that economic freedom is … positively related to tolerance towards homosexuals, especially in the longer run, while tolerance towards people of a different …

We investigate to what extent tolerance, as measured by attitudes toward different types of neighbors, affects economic … growth. Data from the World Values Survey enable us to investigate tolerance-growth relationships for 54 countries. We … tolerance toward homosexuals is negatively related to growth. For tolerance toward people of a different race, we do not find …

Tolerance - respecting individual choice and differences among people - is a prominent feature of modern European … informal institutions - that predict their level of tolerance towards gay people. Using the epidemiological method allows us to … rule out reverse causality. Out of the 46 factors examined, one emerges as very robust: a Muslim background. Tolerance is …