Growing Apart, Losing Trust? : The Impact of Inequality on Social Capital /

There is a widespread perception that trust and social capital have declined in United States as well as other advanced economies, while income inequality has tended to increase. While previous research has noted that measured trust declines as individuals become less similar to one another, this pa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gould, Eric
Other Authors: Hijzen, Alexander
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2016.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2016/176
Online Access:Full text available on IMF