Broken Trust. Confidence Gaps and Distrust in Latin America

Paolo Parra Saiani (), Enrico Ivaldi, Andrea Ciacci and Lucia Di Stefano
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Paolo Parra Saiani: University of Genoa
Enrico Ivaldi: University of Genoa
Andrea Ciacci: Centro de Investigaciones en Econometría – CIE University of Buenos Aires
Lucia Di Stefano: University of Genoa

Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 2024, vol. 173, issue 1, No 11, 269-281

Abstract: Abstract Latin American societies show lower levels of political trust when compared to other regions of the world. The lack of trust in institutions can led to ineffective management of public affairs, social crises, lack of transparency, economic problems and even difficulties in countering pandemics. The objective of this work is to build an index (LADI) that provides a measure of the level of perceived distrust in the institutions of the different Latin American countries and its variations over the period from 2008 to 2018. The data used for this analysis are of a subjective nature and come from the series of surveys provided by Latinobarómetro. To develop the analysis, we have used a quantitative approach of a partially non-compensatory aggregative type, known as Adjusted Mazziotta and Pareto Index. The results show a generalized increase of distrust in the years 2017 and 2018 for several Latin American countries. On the other hand, in countries where the rule of law is more consolidated, a best perception of the functioning of democracy emerges.

Keywords: Institutional trust; Government; Latin America; Aggregative method; Temporal index (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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