Family Ties and Civic Virtues
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I establish a positive relationship between family ties and civic virtues, as captured by disapproval of tax and benefit cheating, corruption, and a range of other dimensions of exploiting others for personal gain. I find that family ties are a complement to social capital, using within country evidence from 83 nations and data on second generation immigrants in 29 countries with ancestry in 85 nations. Strong families cultivate universalist values and produce more civic and altruistic individuals. The results provide a constructive role for families in promoting family values that support successful societies with a high state and fiscal capacity
Original language | English |
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Publisher | Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen |
Number of pages | 37 |
Publication status | Published - 2012 |
Series | University of Copenhagen. Institute of Economics. Discussion Papers (Online) |
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Number | 07 |
Volume | 12 |
ISSN | 1601-2461 |
- Faculty of Social Sciences
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