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Title: | Does ethnicity matter for trust? Evidence from Africa |
Authors: | Zerfu, Daniel Zikhali, Precious Kabenga, Innocent |
Year: | 2009 |
Periodical: | Journal of African Economies |
Volume: | 18 |
Issue: | 1 |
Pages: | 153-175 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Africa |
Subjects: | ethnicity social relations social problems |
External link: | https://doi.org/10.1093/jae/ejn009 |
Abstract: | This paper proposes that ethnicity coupled with ethnic nepotism may reduce interpersonal generalised trust. It uses the 2001 wave of the World Values Survey data for eight African countries to test this claim, and shows that while ethnicity and ethnic nepotism are each important in affecting generalized trust levels, their interaction has a self-reinforcing and negative effect on trust levels. The results underscore the importance of institutions in controlling ethnic nepotism and thus partly in mitigating the adverse effects of ethnicity on trust. App., bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] |