Does Education Affect Trust Attitude? Evidence from Europe
2014/04/29
研討會日期 : 2014-04-29
時間 : 14:30
主講人 : Professor Tat-kei Lai
地點 : Conference Room C103
演講者簡介 : Professor Lai received his Ph.D. in Economics from University of Toronto at 2011. He is currently an Assistant Professor at Department of Economics in Copenhagen Business School. His research fields are Industrial Organization, Labor Economics, Corporate Finance, Chinese Economy, and Applied Econometrics.
演講摘要 : Using data from 16 countries from the European Social Survey and the exogenous variation of education attainment across these countries over time due to compulsory schooling reforms, we examine whether education causally affects one’s trust attitude. We find that individuals with higher education attainment show higher levels of generalized trust, perceived fairness and helpfulness of other people. However, these results do not directly translate to trust in such institutions as government and political parties. Overall, to the extent that trust is positively associated with growth, our results suggest that the returns to education can be realized through changing the trust attitude of the people.
