TY - UNPB

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 -