Trust and trustworthiness are important components of social capital and much attention has been devoted to their … correct evaluation. In this paper, we argue that individuals' trust and trustworthiness are strongly dependent on the level of … trust and trustworthiness of the social group in which subjects operate. Attitudinal indicators which are often used to …

Trust among individuals of a society is an important dimension of social capital and may have different economic and … development implications. The present study is an attempt to investigate the relationship of trust with economic growth and human … development. It is unique in at least two different aspects. Firstly, it has used an index for quantifying trust which may be more …

This paper presents evidence that generalized trust promotes health. Children of immigrants in a broad set of European … in trust across countries of ancestry. The approach addresses reverse causality and concerns that the trust measure picks … trust in explaining self-assessed health. The finding is robust to accounting for individual, parental, and extensive …

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 …