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Making Democracy Work: Civic Traditions in Modern Italy.
, 1993
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Who trusts others?
, 2002
"... Both individual experiences and community characteristics influence how much people trust each other. Using individual level data drawn from US localities we find that the strongest factors associated with low trust are: (i) a recent history of traumatic experiences; (ii) belonging to a group that h ..."
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Both individual experiences and community characteristics influence how much people trust each other. Using individual level data drawn from US localities we find that the strongest factors associated with low trust are: (i) a recent history of traumatic experiences; (ii) belonging to a group that historically felt discriminated against, such as minorities (blacks in particular) and, to a lesser extent, women; (iii) being economically unsuccessful in terms of income and education; (iv) living in a racially mixed community and/or in one with a high degree of income disparity. Religious beliefs and ethnic origins do not significantly affect trust. The role of racial cleavages leading to low trust is confirmed when we explicitly account for individual preferences on inter racial relationships: within the same community, individuals who express stronger feelings against racial integration trust relatively less the more racially heterogeneous the community is.
The Moral Foundations of Trust
, 1999
"... Trust is a multifacted concept. Mostly it is conceived as a "rational " response to trustworthy behavior by others. I offer an argument and evidence that there is another and more important variant of trust, moralistic (generalized) trust. I show that moralistic trust is faith in people we ..."
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Trust is a multifacted concept. Mostly it is conceived as a "rational " response to trustworthy behavior by others. I offer an argument and evidence that there is another and more important variant of trust, moralistic (generalized) trust. I show that moralistic trust is faith in people we don't know and that it does not depend upon our life experiences. It is this type of trust that binds us to others. Trusting people are more likely to volunteer their time, to give to charity, to be tolerant of others, and to support policies that both promote economic growth (open markets) and that provide support for the less fortunate. Countries with more trusters have better functioning government, more redistributive policies, more open markets, and less corruption. What distinguishes countries that are trusting from those that are not is the level of economic equality. Uslaner, “The Moral Foundations of Trust ” (1) Trust is the chicken soup of social life. It brings us all sorts of good things – from a willingness to get involved in our communities to higher rates of economic growth and, ulti-mately, to satisfaction with government performance (Putnam, 1993, 1995; Fukayama, 1995;
Using Experimental Economics to Measure Social Capital and Predict Financial Decisions,” Working Paper
, 2002
"... Abstract: Questions remain as to whether results from experimental economics games are generalizable to real decisions in non-laboratory settings. I conduct a survey and two experiments, a Trust game and a Public Goods game, to measure social capital. Social capital purports to provide incentives to ..."
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Abstract: Questions remain as to whether results from experimental economics games are generalizable to real decisions in non-laboratory settings. I conduct a survey and two experiments, a Trust game and a Public Goods game, to measure social capital. Social capital purports to provide incentives to individuals to abide by otherwise difficult to enforce contracts. I then examine whether behavior in the games predicts repayment of loans to a Peruvian group lending microfinance program. I find that individuals identified as "trustworthy " by the Trust game are more likely to repay their loans. Individuals identified as "trusting " default more and save less, suggesting that those who “trust ” more in the game are prone to taking bad risks. Behavior in a public goods game does not predict any future decisions in this context. Those with more positive attitudes towards society, as measured by three questions identical to those used in the General Social Survey, are more likely to repay their loans.
How’s life? Combining individual and national variables to explain subjective well-being
, 2002
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An Economic Approach to Social Capital
- Economic Journal
, 2002
"... A standard optimal investment model can be used to analyse an individual’s decision to ac-cumulate social capital. We analyse six facts that support the predictions of this individual-based approach: (1) social capital first rises and then falls with age, (2) social capital declines with expected mo ..."
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A standard optimal investment model can be used to analyse an individual’s decision to ac-cumulate social capital. We analyse six facts that support the predictions of this individual-based approach: (1) social capital first rises and then falls with age, (2) social capital declines with expected mobility, (3) social capital rises in occupations with greater returns to social skills, (4) social capital is higher among homeowners, (5) social connections fall sharply with physical distance, (6) people who invest in human capital also invest in social capital. We fail to find robust evidence that social capital investments fall with the value of time or that geo-graphic/religious groups generate social capital complementarities. A growing body of research documents significant correlations between ‘social capital ’ variables, such as membership in organisations, and important economic outcomes.1 Putnam (1993) jump-started the research on social capital when he found a strong correlation between measures of civic engagement and government quality across regions in Italy. Many authors have contributed to this literature. For example, Knack and Keefer (1997) find that a one-standard deviation increase in a survey-based measure of country-level trust increases economic growth by more
Can we trust social capital
- Journal of Economic Literature
, 2002
"... SOCIAL CAPITAL describes circumstances in which individuals can use membership in groups and networks to secure benefits. This formulation follows ..."
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SOCIAL CAPITAL describes circumstances in which individuals can use membership in groups and networks to secure benefits. This formulation follows
Cents and sociability - Household income and social capital
- in rural Tanzania, World Bank Policy Research Working Papers Series n°1796
, 1997
"... Using data from the Tanzania Social Capital and Poverty Survey (SCPS), a large scale survey which asked individuals about the extent and characteristics of their associational activity and their trust in various institutions and individuals, we construct a measure of “social capital ” in rural Tanza ..."
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Using data from the Tanzania Social Capital and Poverty Survey (SCPS), a large scale survey which asked individuals about the extent and characteristics of their associational activity and their trust in various institutions and individuals, we construct a measure of “social capital ” in rural Tanzania. By matching this measure of social capital with data on household incomes in the same villages both from the SCPS and an earlier household survey, the Human Resources Development Survey (HRDS) we show that “social capital ” is indeed both capital, in that it raises incomes, and social, in that household outcomes depend on village not just household social capital. The magnitude of social capital’s effect on incomes is impressively large: a one standard deviation increase in village social capital increases household expenditures per person (a proxy for income) by at least 20 to 30 percent. This impact is as large as an equivalent increase in non-farming assets or tripling the level of education. The data from the two surveys also allow the identification of some of the proximate channels through which social capital affects incomes: better publicly provided services, greater use of modern agricultural inputs, more community activity, and greater use of credit in agriculture. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed and in this paper are entirely those of the authors. They do not necessarily reflect the views of the World Bank, its Executive Directors, or the countries they represent. 1
