This paper finds evidence that more democratic political institutions increase trust. Second generation immigrants with … country, those whose father was born in a more democratic country express higher trust than those whose father was born in a …

This paper finds evidence that more democratic political institutions increase trust. Second generation immigrants with … country, those whose father was born in a more democratic country express higher trust than those whose father was born in a …

This paper finds evidence that more democratic political institutions increase trust. Second generation immigrants with … country, those whose father was born in a more democratic country express higher trust than those whose father was born in a …

television in the formation of political consensus in Italy. Based on probit and instrumental variables estimates, we find trust … in television to be the most significant predictor of trust in the Italian prime minister. The latter is also strongly … and negatively correlated with trust in the judicial system and tolerance towards immigrants. …

People's trust in state and political institutions is a key foundation of a well-functioning economy. We estimate the … impact of direct elections on people's trust in state and political institutions, using a major political reform in Indonesia … the causal impact of the reform. We find that district direct elections increase trust in all state and political …

trust and cognitive skills among 30 countries around the world. The results show that the strength and direction of the … of this variation provides evidence that the relationship strengthens with the level of democracy in a country. In a … second step, German separation and reunification is used as external variation in the level of democracy in the German PIAAC …