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Ethnic diversity and trust : new evidence from Australian data
Mendolia, Silvia; Tosh, Alex; Yerokhin, Oleg - 2015
an individual's local and general trust. A wide literature across economics and sociology has recognised the importance … of trust in facilitating economic growth and development and it is therefore important to investigate elements of social … organisation that encourage or inhibit the development of trust. We use fixed effects and instrumental variable regression and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011407700
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Ethnic diversity and trust : new evidence from Australian data
Mendolia, Silvia; Tosh, Alex; Yerokhin, Oleg - In: The economic record : er 92 (2016) 299, pp. 648-665
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011718655
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Diversity and social capital in the US : a tale of conflict, contact or total mistrust?
Belton, Willie James; Huq, Yameen; Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth - 2014
In this paper we explore the relationship between ethnic fractionalization and social capital. First, we test for time differences in the impact of ethnic fractionalization on social capital using U.S. data from 1990, 1997 and 2005. Subsequently we examine the data for evidence of the conflict,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010399002
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Diversity and Social Capital in the U.S: A Tale of Conflict, Contact or Total Mistrust?
Belton, Willie; Huq, Yameen; Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
In this paper we explore the relationship between ethnic fractionalization and social capital. First, we test for time differences in the impact of ethnic fractionalization on social capital using U.S. data from 1990, 1997 and 2005. Subsequently we examine the data for evidence of the conflict,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010886145
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Diversity and Social Capital in the U.S: A Tale of Conflict, Contact or Total Mistrust?
Belton, Willie; Huq, Yameen; Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth - 2014
In this paper we explore the relationship between ethnic fractionalization and social capital. First, we test for time differences in the impact of ethnic fractionalization on social capital using U.S. data from 1990, 1997 and 2005. Subsequently we examine the data for evidence of the conflict,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010398308
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Trust of Second Generation Immigrants: Intergenerational Transmission or Cultural Assimilation?
Moschion, Julie; Tabasso, Domenico - Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social … - 2013
trust. Focusing on second generation immigrants in Australia and the United States, we exploit the variation in the home and … individual trust. Our results indicate that trust in the home country contributes to the trust of second generation immigrants in … crime rate, economic inequality, race inequality and segregation by country of origin, also affect trust. Evidence for first …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010858800
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Trust and Racial Income Inequality: Evidence from the U.S.
Tesei, Andrea - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2015
Existing studies of trust formation in U.S. metropolitan areas have found that trust is lower when there is more income … groups (racial income inequality). I find that greater racial income inequality reduces trust. Also, racial fragmentation is … no longer a significant determinant of trust once racial income inequality is accounted for. I also show that racial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011167272
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Trust and Racial Income Inequality: Evidence from the U.S.
Tesei, Andrea - School of Economics and Finance, Queen Mary - 2015
Existing studies of trust formation in U.S. metropolitan areas have found that trust is lower when there is more income … groups (racial income inequality). I find that greater racial income inequality reduces trust. Also, racial fragmentation is … no longer a significant determinant of trust once racial income inequality is accounted for. I also show that racial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011183305
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Trust and racial income inequality: evidence from the U.S.
Tesei, Andrea - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2015
Existing studies of trust formation in U.S. metropolitan areas have found that trust is lower when there is more income … groups (racial income inequality). I find that greater racial income inequality reduces trust. Also, racial fragmentation is … no longer a significant determinant of trust once racial income inequality is accounted for. I also show that racial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011183328
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Trust of Second Generation Immigrants: Intergenerational Transmission or Cultural Assimilation?
Moschion, Julie; Tabasso, Domenico - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
trust. Focusing on second generation immigrants in Australia and the United States, we exploit the variation in the home and … individual trust. Our results indicate that trust in the home country contributes to the trust of second generation immigrants in … crime rate, economic inequality, race inequality and segregation by country of origin, also affect trust. Evidence for first …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010785487