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Trust, Growth and Well-Being : New Evidence and Policy Implications
Algan, Yann - 2015
This survey reviews the recent research on trust, institutions and growth. It discusses the various measures of trust and documents the substantial heterogeneity of trust across space and time. The conceptual mechanisms and the methods employed to identify the causal impact of trust on economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013035397
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Confidence in Public Institutions and the Run Up to the October 2019 Uprising in Lebanon
Fakih, Ali - 2020
This paper uses the 2013 World Value Survey, as well as the 2016 and 2018 waves of the Arab Barometer, to analyze the … dynamics of trust in public institutions in Lebanon. It finds strong evidence that confidence in most public institutions has …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012837906
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Family Ties and Political Participation
Alesina, Alberto F. - 2009
We establish an inverse relationship between family ties, generalized trust and political participation. The more individuals rely on the family as a provider of services, insurance, transfer of resources, the lower is civic engagement and political participation. The latter, together with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013159947
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The Nature and Predictive Power of Preferences : Global Evidence
Falk, Armin - 2015
for 80,000 individuals, drawn as representative samples from 76 countries around the world, representing 90 percent of … both the world's population and global income. The global distribution of preferences exhibits substantial variation across … systematically with age, gender, and cognitive ability. Around the world, our preference measures are predictive of a wide range of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013011171
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On the Interpretation of World Values Survey Trust Question : Global Expectations vs. Local Beliefs
Banerjee, Ritwik - 2016
How should we interpret the World Values Survey (WVS) trust question? We conduct an experiment in India, a low trust …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012993949
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Revenge of the Experts : Will Covid-19 Renew or Diminish Public Trust in Science?
Eichengreen, Barry; Aksoy, Cevat Giray; Saka, Orkun - 2021
It is sometimes said that an effect of the COVID-19 pandemic will be heightened appreciation of the importance of scientific research and expertise. We test this hypothesis by examining how exposure to previous epidemics affected trust in science and scientists. Building on the "impressionable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013314974
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Institutions and Economic Performance : What Can Be Explained?
Commander, Simon John - 2010
Institutions are now widely believed to be important in explaining performance. In this paper, we analyze whether commonly used measures of institutions have any significant, measurable impact on performance, whether of countries or firms. We look at three 'levels' of institutions and associated...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013136777
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Culture, Institutions and the Wealth of Nations
Gorodnichenko, Yuriy - 2010
We construct an endogenous growth model that includes a cultural variable along the dimension of individualism-collectivism. The model predicts that more individualism leads to more innovation because of the social rewards associated with innovation in an individualist culture. This cultural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013137795
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Labor Market Policy : A Comparative View on the Costs and Benefits of Labor Market Flexibility
Kahn, Lawrence M. - 2010
I review theories and evidence on wage-setting institutions and labor market policies in an international comparative context. These include collective bargaining, minimum wages, employment protection laws, unemployment insurance (UI), mandated parental leave, and active labor market policies...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013139696
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For Benevolence and for Self-Interest : Social and Commercial Entrepreneurial Activity Across Nations
Estrin, Saul - 2011
We conceptualise social entrepreneurship as a source of social capital which, when present in the environment, enhances commercial entrepreneurship. We also argue that social entrepreneurship should be recognised as a second form of Baumol's (1990) productive entrepreneurship and that it will...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013123596