Arbeitspapier

Social capital and political institutions: Evidence that democracy fosters trust

This paper finds evidence that more democratic political institutions increase trust. Second generation immigrants with ancestries from 115 countries are studied within 30 European countries. Comparing individuals born and residing in the same country, those whose father was born in a more democratic country express higher trust than those whose father was born in a less democratic country. The results are robust to individual, parental, and ancestral country controls.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: IFN Working Paper ; No. 988

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
International Institutional Arrangements
Structure and Scope of Government: General
Job, Occupational, and Intergenerational Mobility; Promotion
Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification
Thema
trust
democracy
political institutions
cultural transmission
social capital

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Ljunge, Martin
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN)
(wo)
Stockholm
(wann)
2013

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Ljunge, Martin
  • Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN)

Entstanden

  • 2013

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