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In this paper we explore the relationship between ethnic fractionalization and social capital. First, we test for time differences in the impact of ethnic fractionalization on social capital using U.S. data from 1990, 1997 and 2005. Subsequently we examine the data for evidence of the conflict,...
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We analyze the long-term impact of the resettlement of the Sudetenland after World War~II on residential migration. This event involved expulsion of ethnic Germans and almost complete depopulation of an area of a country and its rapid resettlement by 2 million Czech inhabitants. Results based on...
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We analyze the long-term impact of the resettlement of the Sudetenland after World War II on residential migration. This event involved expulsion of ethnic Germans and almost complete depopulation of an area of a country and its rapid resettlement by 2 million Czech inhabitants. Results based on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012141173
trust. Focusing on second generation immigrants in Australia and the United States, we exploit the variation in the home and … individual trust. Our results indicate that trust in the home country contributes to the trust of second generation immigrants in … crime rate, economic inequality, race inequality and segregation by country of origin, also affect trust. Evidence for first …
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Existing studies of trust formation in U.S. metropolitan areas have found that trust is lower when there is more income … groups (racial income inequality). I find that greater racial income inequality reduces trust. Also, racial fragmentation is … no longer a significant determinant of trust once racial income inequality is accounted for. I also show that racial …
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individual trust. Focusing on second generation immigrants in Australia and the United States, we exploit the variation in the … conditions on individual trust. Our results indicate that trust in the home country contributes to the trust of second generation … country also affect individual trust. …
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We establish an inverse relationship between family ties, generalized trust and political participation. The more … political participation. The latter, together with trust, are part of what is known as social capital, therefore in this paper …
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increases current social capital and trust and reduces corruption in several public services. Past formal institutions can leave …
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capital - especially questions concerning generalized trust or generalized morality - are strongly and significantly …
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capital - especially questions concerning generalized trust or generalized morality - are strongly and significantly …
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