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Portes, Alejandro; Vickstrom, Erik - 2011

We review the bourgeoning literature on ethno-racial diversity and its alleged effects on public trust and cohesion in … present evidence that questions such claims and points to the roots of civicness and trust in deep historical processes …

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Ethnic composition of schools and school performances in secondary education of Turkish migrant students in 7 countries and 19 European educational systems

Veerman, Gert-Jan; Dronkers, Jaap - 2013

This article examines the effect of the ethnic school composition on school performances in secondary education for Turkish students, using both cross-national PISA 2009 and Swiss national PISA 2009 data. We argue how social capital theory beside other theories can explain a part of the ethnic...

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The Relationship between Social Capital and Migrant Integration, Ethnic Diversity, and Spatial Sorting

Roskruge, Matthew; Poot, Jacques - 2024

In this paper, we present evidence from quantitative research over the last decade on how the social capital of individuals in Aotearoa New Zealand is associated with birthplace and, for migrants, years since migration. We also consider the effects of spatial sorting and ethnic diversity on...

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Vertrauen und Sozialkapital an einer wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Universität der Bundeswehr München und in Deutschland: Eine empirische Studie

Sell, Friedrich L.; Reidelhuber, Martin - 2007

academic team, composed of Friedrich L. Sell and Martin Reidelhuber, worked on the theoretical basics of "trust" and "social … "trust" and "social capital" among the students who responded. Also, we could compare many of our results with the results …: Both interrogated groups apparently have more trust in abstract (governmental and non-governmental) institutions than in …

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Vendettas

Bolle, Friedel; Tan, Jonathan H. W.; Zizzo, Daniel John - 2010

Vendettas occur in many real world settings where rivals compete for a prize, e.g., winning an election or a competitive promotion, by engaging in retaliatory aggressive behavior. We present a benchmark experiment where two players have an initial probability of winning a prize. Retaliatory...

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Trust and Fiscal Performance: A Panel Analysis with Swiss Data

Torgler, Benno; Schaltegger, Christoph A. - 2005

to contribute also an adequate share to the community. In such a situation trustworthiness of a government and trust in a … government is high. This paper provides empirical evidence that trust is crucial for fiscal performance using data for the full … sample of Swiss cantons over the 1981-2001 period. In cantons with high levels of trust, the level of indebtedness is …

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Inequality and Trust in Sweden: Some Inequalities are More Harmful than Others

Gustavsson, Magnus; Jordahl, Henrik - 2006

We present new evidence on the influence of income inequality on generalized trust. Using individual panel data from … especially 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 …

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Inequality and Trust: Some Inequalities are More Harmful than Others

Gustavsson, Magnus; Jordahl, Henrik - 2006

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 …

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Trust and Growth in the 1990s - A Robustness Analysis

Bengtsson, Mikael; Berggren, Niclas; Jordahl, Henrik - 2005

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 …

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Free to Trust? Economic Freedom and Social Capital

Berggren, Niclas; Jordahl, Henrik - 2005

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. …

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