A large body of recent research claims that diversity hinders general trust, but these studies suffer from omitted …-examines the issue by considering how the residential isolation of minorities alters general trust, prejudicial attitudes, and … volunteering in cities. The results strongly suggest that both metropolitan and local level integration increases trust. The …

We establish an inverse relationship between family ties, generalized trust and political participation. The more … political participation. The latter, together with trust, are part of what is known as social capital, therefore in this paper …

High levels of social trust has been linked to both public sector size and long term economic growth, thereby helping … examines if social trust as a background factor also insulates countries against negative effects of public sector size on … insulating effects. Instead we find robust evidence that high trust aggravates the crowding out effects of public sector size on …

true quite independently of survey evidence about bilateral trust. These findings are obtained in a sample of the 15 …

of social capital - especially questions concerning generalized trust or generalized morality - are strongly and …

and individualistic attitudes, high prevalence of trust and tolerance, and low acceptance of unequally distributed power …

and individualistic attitudes, high prevalence of trust and tolerance, and low acceptance of unequally distributed power …