Globalization and the transmission of social values: The case of tolerance

Niclas Berggren and Therese Nilsson ()

Journal of Comparative Economics, 2015, vol. 43, issue 2, 371-389

Abstract: Tolerance – respecting those who are different – is arguably of particular importance in an era of globalization, where a potential for economic, social and personal development is increasingly a function of interaction with others different from oneself. We investigate whether globalization induces parents to want to instill tolerance in their children, the main idea being that this quality would equip children for greater success in a more integrated world. Using a survey measure, we indeed find that globalization enhances the willingness to transmit such social values. More precisely, economic and social, but not to the same extent political, globalization has this effect, as shown by using the KOF Index of Globalization in regression analysis of up to 59 countries. Extreme bounds analysis and outlier tests indicate robustness. Overall, our results suggest that certain kinds of globalization seem able to shape values in ways considered desirable by many.

Keywords: Globalization; Tolerance; Social values; Children; Transmission (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F01 F10 P45 Z13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2015.02.005

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