Some researchers claim that diverse populations lead to less trust. Generalized trust is a core value that leads to positive outcomes in societies - from greater tolerance of minority groups and immigrants and willingness to do good deeds, to less corruption, more social welfare and education...

Generalized trust is a stable value that is transmitted from parents to children. Do its roots go back further in time? Using a person's ethnic heritage (where their grandparents came from) and the proportion of people of different ethnic backgrounds in a state, I ask whether your own ethnic...

Corruption is generally considered to be a curse. It flouts rules of fairness and gives some people advantages that others don't have. Corruption transfers resources from the mass public to the elites - and generally from the poor to the rich (Tanzi, 1998). It acts as an extra tax on citizens,...