This paper presents evidence that generalized trust promotes health. Children of immigrants in a broad set of European … trust in explaining self-assessed health. The finding is robust to accounting for individual, parental, and extensive … ancestral country characteristics. Individuals with higher ancestral trust are also less likely to be hampered by health …

Social capital has been shown to be positively associated with a range of health outcomes, yet few studies have … explored the association between mothers' social capital and child health. We examine the relationship between mothers' access … to social capital via participation in community activities and their children's health. Instrumental variable estimator …

This paper presents evidence that generalized trust promotes health. Children of immigrants in a broad set of European … trust in explaining self‐assessed health. The finding is robust to accounting for individual, parental, and extensive … ancestral country characteristics. Individuals with higher ancestral trust are also less likely to be hampered by health …