A culture of trust is usually claimed to have many public benefits--by lubricating markets,
managing organizations, legitimating governments, and facilitating collective action. Any …

We argue that residential exposure to ethnic diversity reduces social trust. Previous within-
country analyses of the relationship between contextual ethnic diversity and trust have been …

Highlights•Cultural religiosity is an overlooked, yet highly impactful dimension of
culture.•Cultural religiosity exerts some of its effects through personal religiosity.•Cultural …

This paper describes the results of an international initiative on trust (Trustlab) run in six
OECD countries between November 2016 and November 2017 (France, Germany, Italy …

The origins of generalized trust remain unclear despite its importance to social, political, and
economic functioning. Social capital theory and previous cross-sectional research suggest …

We look at the effect of importance of religion in daily life on social trust, defined as the share
of a population that thinks that people in general can be trusted. We make use of new data …

Within the theoretical framework of social capital, we explore how different religious
traditions influence small business activity in US counties. We motivate the analysis by …

IN the volumes of research on social trust, no question has received more attention than that
of the potential consequences of ethnic diversity for social trust. The cause of this attraction …

Although much is known about the individual-level predictors of volunteering, charitable
giving, and informal helping, less is known about how the characteristics of communities …

Cross-cultural studies of religion have shown that there is substantial variation in the effects
of religiosity on moral and social outcomes across countries. Many authors have addressed …