Does inequality erode social trust? Results from multilevel models of US states and counties

Social Science Research

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 347-360

  Fairbrother, Malcolm ^a   Martin, Isaac W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

General Social Survey; Inequality; Longitudinal effects; Multilevel modeling; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872649764     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2012.09.008     Document Type: Article

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