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Inequality, institutions, and their impacts on social cooperation with Smriti Sharma and Saurabh Singhal
Working Paper
The role of trust and of poverty in compliance with social distancing measures in Africa during the COVID-19 pandemicSince it began, the COVID-19 pandemic has imposed a number of challenges on Africa and the rest of the world...
COVID-19 Trust AfricaProject workshop
3rd Annual workshop: Inequality and governance in unstable democracies – the mediating role of trust
Working Paper
Intergroup contact and its effects on discriminatory attitudes: Evidence from IndiaThe contact hypothesis posits that having diverse neighbours may reduce one’s intergroup prejudice. This hypothesis is difficult to test as individuals self-select into neighbourhoods...
Caste Slums IndiaWorking Paper
Ethnic diversity and informal work in GhanaWe present the first study that examines the effects of ethnic diversity on informal work...
Ethnic diversity Informal work Informality
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Beyond lockdown: rebuilding the social contractContinued lockdown measures are straining the social contract between citizens and governments...
Social unrest Lockdown Sub-Saharan AfricaJournal Article
The effects of trust and land administration on economic outcomes: Evidence from VietnamPart of Journal Special Issue Understanding agricultural development and change
Trust Agricultural industries Land rightsWorking Paper
Trust in the time of coronaThe global spread of COVID-19 is one of the largest threats to people and governments since the Second World War...
COVID-19 Pandemic Survey dataWorking Paper
Africa’s lockdown dilemma: High poverty and low trustThe primary policy response to suppress the spread of COVID-19 in high-income countries has been to lock down large sections of the population...
COVID-19 Lockdown PovertyProject workshop
Inequality and governance in unstable democracies – the mediating role of trust: 2nd Annual WorkshopMore than 30 participants attended the 2nd annual workshop for ‘Trust and Governance’ project, held virtually on the 16th and 17th April 2020. The workshop was initially set to be held in Colombia but had to be moved to a virtual...
Working Paper
Riots and social capital in urban IndiaThis paper explores the relationship between household exposure to riots and social capital in urban India using a panel dataset collected by the authors in the state of Maharashtra...
Riots Social capital TrustWorking Paper
Key behavioural characteristics of small-business owners: A lab-in-the-field experiment in MyanmarThis study investigates the role of owners’ personal preferences and behaviour in determining the success of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises using a lab-in-the-field experiment with small-business owners in Myanmar...
Entrepreneurship Risk-taking TrustProject
Inequality and governance in unstable democracies – the mediating role of trust
Theme: Transforming states
Governance Trust Economic inequalityWorking Paper
How does joint evolution of social trust and land administration shape economic outcomes?: Evidence from VietnamThis paper examines how the interaction of social trust and institutions, such as land administration, affects household economic decisions in Vietnam...
Trust Agricultural industries Land rightsWorking Paper
Who trusts?: Ethnicity, integration, and attitudes toward elected officials in urban NigeriaIn the developing world, clientelism is common. In Africa, public office is often used to redistribute resources to ethnically defined constituencies, and this form of clientelistic exchange is a key determinant of vote choice...
Trust Identity Politics