This paper reviews the literature on economic inequality and trust. Cross-country studies, within-country studies, and experiments all suggest that economic inequality exerts a negative influence on trust. Four mechanisms are proposed to explain the negative relationship: social ties (or...

Spanish Abstract: El Área Metropolitana de Monterrey, a pesar de tener indicadores de desarrollo superiores al de la mayoría de las ciudades de México, presenta hogares en condiciones de pobreza similares a los observados en las regiones más pobres del país. En este contexto, la presente...

The metropolitan areas in which most Americans live remain deeply segregated along race lines, and according to this study, that spatial separateness has strong effects on the social connections that shape access to opportunity and democratic participation in our society. Persistent residential...

Social capital and the Chinese concept of guanxi (connections) can be used to explain changes in income inequality; however, their connotations differ. Previous studies identify social networks as an important factor influencing income inequality in China but ignore the distinction between...