Trusting the state, trusting each other? The effect of institutional trust on social trust
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Trusting the state, trusting each other? The effect of institutional trust on social trust. / Sønderskov, Kim Mannemar; Dinesen, Peter Thisted.
In: Political Behavior, Vol. 38, No. 1, 2016, p. 179-202.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Trusting the state, trusting each other?
T2 - The effect of institutional trust on social trust
AU - Sønderskov, Kim Mannemar
AU - Dinesen, Peter Thisted
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Trust in state institutions is a prominent explanation of social trust. However, previous—mainly cross-sectional—analyses provide limited causal evidence regarding the relationship between institutional trust and social trust and it is thus essentially unknown whether an observed relationship reflects reverse causality (social trust forming institutional trust), or both forms of trust reflecting deep-seated dispositions (common confounding). Against the backdrop of the shortcomings of previous cross-sectional analyses, this paper utilizes two Danish panel surveys containing measures of both types of trust for the same individuals surveyed at multiple points in time over a long time-span (up to 18 years) to address the potentially reverse and/or spurious relationship. Using individual fixed effects and cross-lagged panel models, the results provide strong evidence of trust in state institutions exercising a causal impact on social trust, whereas the evidence for a reverse relationship is limited.
AB - Trust in state institutions is a prominent explanation of social trust. However, previous—mainly cross-sectional—analyses provide limited causal evidence regarding the relationship between institutional trust and social trust and it is thus essentially unknown whether an observed relationship reflects reverse causality (social trust forming institutional trust), or both forms of trust reflecting deep-seated dispositions (common confounding). Against the backdrop of the shortcomings of previous cross-sectional analyses, this paper utilizes two Danish panel surveys containing measures of both types of trust for the same individuals surveyed at multiple points in time over a long time-span (up to 18 years) to address the potentially reverse and/or spurious relationship. Using individual fixed effects and cross-lagged panel models, the results provide strong evidence of trust in state institutions exercising a causal impact on social trust, whereas the evidence for a reverse relationship is limited.
KW - Faculty of Social Sciences
KW - Social trust
KW - Institutional trust
KW - Panel data
U2 - 10.1007/s11109-015-9322-8
DO - 10.1007/s11109-015-9322-8
M3 - Journal article
VL - 38
SP - 179
EP - 202
JO - Political Behavior
JF - Political Behavior
SN - 0190-9320
IS - 1
ER -
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