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Measuring Tolerant Behavior

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  • Liberati Caterina
  • Longaretti Riccarda
  • Michelangeli Alessandra

    (University of Milan-Bicocca, Piazza dell’Ateneo Nuovo 1, Milan, Italy)

Abstract

This paper addresses the issue of measuring tolerance, viewed as a multifaceted phenomenon involving several different social domains. We develop a multidimensional index for Likert-scale data, characterized by the following features: (i) it reflects the individual’s intensity of tolerant attitudes towards each social domain; (ii) the index can be broken down by dimension in order to determine the contribution of each dimension to overall tolerance; (iii) the index combines the different dimensions of tolerance using a weighted scheme that reflects the importance of each dimension in determining the overall level of tolerance. To show how this new measure of tolerance works in practice, we carry out a case study using an Italian recent survey asking the opinion of university students about different subjects, such as interreligious dialog, women/religion relationship, religion/death relationship, homosexuality, and multicultural society.

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  • Liberati Caterina & Longaretti Riccarda & Michelangeli Alessandra, 2021. "Measuring Tolerant Behavior," Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer Nationaloekonomie und Statistik), De Gruyter, vol. 241(2), pages 149-171, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:jns:jbstat:v:241:y:2021:i:2:p:149-171:n:4
    DOI: 10.1515/jbnst-2019-0030
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    Keywords

    tolerance; economic behavior; social interactions; multidimensional index;
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    JEL classification:

    • A13 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Relation of Economics to Social Values
    • C43 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods: Special Topics - - - Index Numbers and Aggregation

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