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Does
Equality Lead to Fraternity?
Andrew
Leigh
Chapter 2 of a thesis submitted in
partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor
of Philosophy in the subject of Public Policy, Harvard University,
May 2004
May 2004
Abstract
In understanding the relationship between inequality and trust across
countries, it is also necessary to consider the effect of ethnic,
religious and linguistic fractionalization. Using only high-quality
inequality data, and a new dataset on fractionalization, I analyze
a group of sixteen mostly OECD countries. Both inequality and fractionalization
are negatively associated with trust, and when both are included
in the model, inequality is the more significant factor. Using instrumental
variables, I show that a one standard deviation increase in inequality
(a 6 point rise in the gini) causes a 13 percentage point fall in
trust. Both rich and poor people tend to be less trusting in unequal
countries, and little of the effect seems to be related to crime.
Information
on the author
Dr Andrew Leigh is an economist
in the Research School of Social Sciences at the Australian National
University. His current research is in the fields of labour economics,
public finance and political economy. He holds a PhD from Harvard
University, and has previously worked as a lawyer, a political adviser,
and a think-tank researcher. He has published over 20 journal articles,
50 opinion pieces and 2 books.
Contact details
Dr Andrew Leigh
Research School of Social Sceinces
Australian National University
Email: andrew.leigh@anu.edu.au
Home page: http://andrewleigh.com/
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Related works
• Trust,
Inequality, and Ethnic Heterogeneity, Economic Record, forthcoming
2006
• Lies
and Statistics (on trust and diversity), Australian Financial
Review, 23 July 2005
• Does
Equality Lead to Fraternity?, Shorter revised version, July
2005
• Costello's
call on social capital, Canberra Times, 24 July 2003
• Political
vision required to spur a new kind of public spirit, Sydney
Morning Herald, 15 February 2002
• Reviving
Community: What policy-makers can do to build social capital in
Britain and America (with Robert Putnam). Renewal. 10(2). 2002
• Bowling
Along. Australian Policy Online. May 2002
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