We establish an inverse relationship between family ties, generalized trust and political participation. The more individuals rely on the family as a provider of services, insurance, transfer of resources, the lower is civic engagement and political participation. The latter, together with trust, are part of what is known as social capital, therefore in this paper we contribute to the investiga...

Generalized trust is essential for collective action, which at the heart of many societal problems. Institutional quality has been proposed as a driver generalized trust, but while correlation between two strong and robust, evidence on causal link scant. We show that this relationship causal. first experimentally expose individuals to institutions different quality, operationalized their abilit...

This research is an attempt to assess the impact of trust, helpfulness, and fairness on economic growth in Europe. The first part paper highlights concept social capital related while second gives overview selected hitherto conducted subject. third presents econometric model based a modified Cobb‑Douglas production function. we propose includes three interrelated variables: generalized fairness...