We investigate how tolerance, as measured by attitudes toward different types of neighbors, affects economic growth in … a sample of 54 countries. Unlike previous studies, by Richard Florida and others, we find that tolerance toward … homosexuals is negatively related to growth. For tolerance toward people of a different race, we do not find robust results, but …

The discourse on tolerance began over two centuries ago and yet is still unfinished. Was Voltaire in 1763 with his … “Treatise on Tolerance”, condemned religious intolerance persuaded by religious fanaticism of the judgment of the Court of … Toulouse. Although the idea of tolerance was born in Europe, it saw and still sees intolerance. Intolerance of yesterday …

.e., tolerance). Using an experimental design, we examined Dutch majority group members’ tolerance of controversial practices with … impacted tolerance. Results indicated that participants expressed less tolerance for provocative practices when it was … of specific practices. Argument framing did not have a consistent effect on the level of tolerance for the practices. …

) tolerance. This latter aspect is the most novel addition of this research to the theoretical and empirical literature as we … argue that tolerance acts as a bridging mechanism between trust and ties in affecting overall wellbeing. Using ordered … social capital, as well as separate indices for structural social capital, cognitive social capital and tolerance. The …