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| Author: | Alesina, A. Giuliano, P. |
| Title: | Family ties and political participation |
| Journal: | Journal of the European Economic Association
2011 : OCT, VOL 9:5, p. 817-839 |
| Index terms: | social economics economics insurance |
| Freeterms: | social capital family political participation interpersonal relations |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | In this paper, an inverse relationship between family ties and political participation is established, such that the more individuals rely on the family as a provider of services, insurance, and transfer of resources, the lower is one's civic engagement and political participation. It is also shown that strong family ties appear to be a substitute for generalized trust, rather than a complement to it. Civic engagement, political participation, and trust are part of what is known as social capital; therefore, this paper contributes to the investigation of the origin and evolution of social capital. These results are established using within-country evidence and looking at the behavior of immigrants from various countries in 32 different destination places. |
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