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Erscheinungsjahr: 
2020
Schriftenreihe/Nr.: 
Working Paper No. 352
Verlag: 
University of Zurich, Department of Economics, Zurich
Zusammenfassung: 
We validate survey measures of social capital with a new data set that examines whether citizens report a lost wallet to its owner. Using data from more than 17,000 lost wallets across 40 countries, we find that survey measures of social capital - especially questions concerning generalized trust or generalized morality - are strongly and significantly correlated with country-level differences in wallet reporting rates. A second finding is that lost wallet reporting rates predict unique variation in economic development and government effectiveness not captured by existing measures, suggesting this data set also holds promise as a useful indicator of social capital.
Schlagwörter: 
social capital
trust
honesty
field experiment
surveys
JEL: 
C93
C83
Z10
O10
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