social capital as measured by interpersonal and institutional trust in post-reunification Germany. We estimate the economic …

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 …

Research on "trust" now forms a prominent part of the research agenda in history and the social sciences. Although this … research has generated useful insights, the idea of trust has been used so widely and loosely that it risks creating more … confusion than clarity. This essay argues that to the extent that scholars have a clear idea of what trust actually means, the …

This paper presents evidence on causal influence of happiness on social capital and trust using German Socio … endogeneity problem, the paper finds that happier people trust others more, and importantly, help create more social capital …

We analyze possible links between both trust and trustworthiness among Syrian refugees in Germany in relation to the … bridging ties between refugees and Germans). We implement treatment conditions in which Syrian refugees play a trust game … show higher levels of trust and (un)conditional trustworthiness when they interact with a Syrian compared to when …

institutional context variables, i.e. trust and the perception of freedom, have higher correlations with the two SWB variables used … estimates reconfirm the importance of trust and, in particular, of the perception of freedom. These variables explain more of …