Family Ties and Civic Virtues
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Family Ties and Civic Virtues. / Ljunge, Jan Martin.
Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen, 2012.Publikation: Working paper › Forskning
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T1 - Family Ties and Civic Virtues
AU - Ljunge, Jan Martin
N1 - JEL Classification: A13, H26, P16, Z13
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - 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
AB - 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
KW - Faculty of Social Sciences
KW - family ties
KW - civic
KW - family values
KW - cultural transmission
KW - altruism
M3 - Working paper
T3 - University of Copenhagen. Institute of Economics. Discussion Papers (Online)
BT - Family Ties and Civic Virtues
PB - Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen
ER -
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