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capacities of its inhabitants. This "cartography" of "Social Europe" proves to be outdated by the presented findings. In this … Survey. The analysis shows that three distinct dimensions of social capital measures are important in Europe: additionally to … generalised social capital, which is usually approximated by generalised trust, there is one dimension of civic engagement and one …
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In this paper, we empirically investigate a channel through which social capital may improve economic wellbeing and the functioning of institutions: political accountability. The main idea is that voters who share norms of generalized morality demand higher standards of behavior on their elected...
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those with free and fair elections, voters do the opposite. Low social trust can account for this paradox: voters must act … collectively to shape political incentives, but low trust among voters is an obstacle to collective action. If every voter believes … logic, low social trust prevents voters from sanctioning politicians who renege on their promises. Frequent reneging on …
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This paper studies the effect of two place-based policies implemented in Cali, Colombia on social capital and trust. We … use the CaliBRANDO survey to account for institutional and interpersonal trust, matching neighborhood of residence and … that measure trust. We nd that the organized sport policy improves institutional trust by about 4%. Our results are …
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the last decade in Europe from a comprehensive cross-country perspective: Size, age and trust are relevant for the … development of digital governance in Europe. However, the quality of past communication infrastructure is not related to e …
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This paper explores the role of religion in mitigating the degree to which unemployment reduces subjective well-being and it examines its support of social programs. The paper goes beyond existing literature in three ways: It extends existing literature to Latin America and Caribbean countries;...
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