Social trust;
human development;
INCOME INEQUALITY;
ECONOMIC-GROWTH;
HEALTH;
GLOBALIZATION;
DICTATORSHIP;
GOVERNMENT;
DEMOCRACY;
QUALITY;
INDEX;
D O I:
10.1016/j.socec.2011.08.007
中图分类号:
F [经济];
学科分类号:
02 ;
摘要:
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.