Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the dynamics and persistence of interpersonal trust among immigrants in the USA. More specifically, the authors investigate the association between the levels of trust of US immigrants and the levels of trust in their home countries across...

Purpose: The purpose of the paper is to examine how much difference in income can be explained by familial culture that persists in different societies. Design/methodology/approach: We employ a two-step methodology to evaluate the impact of familial culture on income across countries. In the...