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Natural disasters and social capital formation : the impact of the Great Hanshin-Awaji earthquake
Yamamura, Eiji - 2013
The Great Hanshin-Awaji (Kobe) earthquake struck Japan in 1995, causing devastating damage to the economic landscape of … south-central Japan. The earthquake also caused people to realize the importance of social capital in Japan. Based on a … earthquake enhanced the investment in social capital through participation in community activity. The differences …
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Natural disasters and social capital formation : the impact of the Great Hanshin-Awaji earthquake
Yamamura, Eiji - In: Papers in regional science : the journal of the … 95 (2016), pp. 143-164
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Social capital and health : evidence that ancestral trust promotes health among children of immigrants
Ljunge, Martin - 2014
This paper presents evidence that generalized trust promotes health. Children of immigrants in a broad set of European countries with ancestry from across the world are studied. Individuals are examined within country of residence using variation in trust across countries of ancestry. The...
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Social capital and political institutions : evidence that democracy fosters trust
Ljunge, Martin - 2013
This paper finds evidence that more democratic political institutions increase trust. Second generation immigrants with ancestries from 115 countries are studied within 30 European countries. Comparing individuals born and residing in the same country, those whose father was born in a more...
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A note on the theory and measurement of trust in explaining differences in economic growth
Beugelsdijk, Sjoerd - In: Cambridge journal of economics 30 (2006) 3, pp. 371-387
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A multilevel approach to social capital
Beugelsdijk, Sjoerd - In: International studies of management and organization 39 (2009/10) 2, pp. 65-89
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Dynamics of social trust and human capital in the learning process : the case of the Japan garment cluster in the period 1968-2005
Yamamura, Eiji - In: Journal of economic behavior & organization : JEBO 72 (2009) 1, pp. 377-389
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Regulation and distrust
Aghion, Philippe; Algan, Yann; Cahuc, Pierre; Shleifer, … - In: The quarterly journal of economics 125 (2010) 3, pp. 1015-1049
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Social attitudes and economic development : an epidemiological approach
Algan, Yann (contributor); Cahuc, Pierre (contributor) - 2007
In this paper we develop a new empirical approach to uncovering the impact of social attitudes on economic development. We first show that trust of second-generation Americans is significantly influenced by the country of origin of their forebears. In the spirit of the epidemiology literature,...
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Social attitudes and economic development : an epidemiological approach
Algan, Yann; Cahuc, Pierre - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003530047