argue that tolerance acts as a bridging mechanism between trust and ties in affecting overall wellbeing. Using ordered … incorporates three key dimensions of personal social capital; (i) structural (personal ties), (ii) cognitive (trust) and (iii …Many argue that the rise in populist support in Europe and elsewhere stems from people feeling marginalised …

In Europe differences among countries in the overall change in happiness since the early 1980s have been due chiefly to …

For a cross-section of 123 European regions, we find evidence for a positive effect of generalized trust on regional … recent literature on the effects of climate on historic trust levels. The popular explanation for spatial clustering of … be better explained by a positive influence of trust on innovation and spatial clustering of trust. …

COVID-19 pandemic on social trust, reciprocity, solidarity as well as institutional trust. Using incentivized outcome … questions on trust and solidarity towards fellow citizens, people from other EU countries and non-EU countries, we assess the … in an EU country with a below average COVID-19 incidence show higher levels of trust and reciprocity towards fellow …

This research is an attempt to assess the impact of trust, helpfulness, and fairness on economic growth in Europe. The … show, fairness and trust are key factors for economic growth in Europe. … first part of the paper highlights the concept of social capital and the related concept of trust, while the second part …

analysis into the context of 289 NUTS regions in Europe and replacing the simple life satisfaction measure with measures of … indicating that general 'social trust` is strongly associated with economic performance. This component was shown to have robust …