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The Divorce Revolution and Generalized Trust : Evidence from the United States 1973-2010
Viitanen, Tarja K. - 2014
This paper examines the effect of exposure to a culture of easier divorce as a minor on generalized trust using the General Social Survey from 1973-2010. The easier divorce culture is defined as the introduction of no-fault including unilateral divorce reforms across the US.According to the...
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The relationship between stress, strain and social capital
Gächter, Martin; Savage, David; Torgler, Benno - 2010
This paper analyzes the effectiveness of social capital in reducing the negative externalities associated with stress, as well as the physical and psychological strain indicators among police officers. Despite the fact that there is a large multidisciplinary literature on stress or on social...
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On the Determinants of Social Trust in the United States
Bjørnskov, Christian - 2008
This paper explores the determinants of social trust, as measured by perceived honesty, in 48 US states across three periods. The results show support for the detrimental effects of income inequality but no or little support for a set of popular alternative theories. The trust decline in recent...
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Trust and Growth
Dincer, Oguzhan; Uslaner, Eric - 2007
Using data from US states, we find a positive relationship between trust and growth. According to our results, a 10 percentage point increase in trust increases the growth rate of per capita income by 0.5 percentage point, growth rate of housing prices by 1.25 percentage points, and the growth...
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Trust and growth
Dincer, Oguzhan (contributor); Uslaner, Eric (contributor) - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003590599
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Social attitudes and economic development : an epidemiological approach
Algan, Yann (contributor); Cahuc, Pierre (contributor) - 2007
In this paper we develop a new empirical approach to uncovering the impact of social attitudes on economic development. We first show that trust of second-generation Americans is significantly influenced by the country of origin of their forebears. In the spirit of the epidemiology literature,...
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Social attitudes and economic development : an epidemiological approach
Algan, Yann; Cahuc, Pierre - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003530047
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Trust and growth
Dincer, Oguzhan C.; Uslaner, Eric M. - In: Public choice 142 (2010) 1/2, pp. 59-67
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Confidence and the erosion of confidence : economic functions and effects
Sell, Friedrich L. (contributor) - 2004
mean by confidenceʺ, what the differences between optimism and confidence are and how the onset of confidence can possibly … be explained. Also, we analyze the economic effects of a lack of or the erosion of confidence. The paper intends to … provide a comprehensive view on the major effects of confidence on economic growth, the business cycle, its relation to income …
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Confidence and the erosion of confidence : economic functions and effects
Sell, Friedrich L. - 2004
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001960851