Social trust and human development

Ozcan B., Bjornskov C.

JOURNAL OF SOCIO-ECONOMICS, cilt.40, sa.6, ss.753-762, 2011 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 40 Sayı: 6
  • Basım Tarihi: 2011
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.socec.2011.08.007
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF SOCIO-ECONOMICS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, Business Source Elite, Business Source Premier, EconLit, PAIS International, Political Science Complete, Public Affairs Index, Social services abstracts, Sociological abstracts, Violence & Abuse Abstracts, Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.753-762
  • İstanbul Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

A series of studies connect social trust to economic growth. In this paper, we explore the connection between trust and a broader measure of development, the UN Human Development Index. We find that trust is significantly associated with faster human development in the 1980-2005 period. The impact of trust occurs mainly in less democratic countries. (C) 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.