Does Equality Lead to Fraternity?

Andrew Leigh ()

No 513, CEPR Discussion Papers from Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University

Abstract: Several cross-country studies have observed a negative correlation between inequality and interpersonal trust. Using data from 59 countries, I instrument for inequality using the relative size of the mature-aged cohort, and find that a rise in inequality reduces trust.

Keywords: Trust; inequality; ethnic fractionalization; instrumental variables (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D3 D7 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Date: 2006-01
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