We present new evidence on the influence of income inequality on generalized trust. Using individual panel data from … differences among people in the bottom half of the income distribution, are associated with lower trust. The relationship between … income inequality and trust is particularly strong for people with a strong aversion against income differentials. We also …

We conduct an extensive robustness analysis of the relationship between trust and growth for a later time period (the … results. We find that the trust-growth relationship is less robust with respect to empirical specification and to countries in … the sample than previously claimed, and that outliers affect the results. Nevertheless trust seems quite important …

We present new evidence on how generalized trust is formed. Unlike previous studies, we look at the explanatory power … Freedom Index) increase trust. The idea is that a market economy, building on voluntary transactions and interactions with … for trust to emerge between people. …

for employees to work in co-ethnic firms. It argues that strong social networks and related high intra-group trust …

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 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 …

knowledge of the psychological bases of the observed outcomes of a basic trust game. Undergraduate students played a basic trust …