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Educated to be trusting? Evidence from Europe

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  • Kamhon Kan
  • Tat-Kei Lai

    (LEM - Lille économie management - UMR 9221 - UA - Université d'Artois - UCL - Université catholique de Lille - ULCO - Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale - Université de Lille - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

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Using data from the European Values Study and exploiting the compulsory schooling reforms in 13 European countries for identification, we find education to enhance generalized trust. We also find that this effect partly arises from the fact that people learn to form social capital through cooperating and interacting with others in school.

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  • Kamhon Kan & Tat-Kei Lai, 2021. "Educated to be trusting? Evidence from Europe," Post-Print hal-03274924, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-03274924
    DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2021.109867
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    • I20 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - General
    • O52 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Europe
    • Z10 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - General

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