How Inequality Affects Trust in Institutions: Evidence from Indonesia

IF 4.5 3区经济学 Q1 ECONOMICS

Asian Economic Policy Review Pub Date : 2022-07-27 DOI:10.1111/aepr.12401

Asep Suryahadi, Ridho Al Izzati, Daniel Suryadarma, Teguh Dartanto

引用次数: 5

Abstract

Trust is an important ingredient to improve economic performance and people's welfare by alleviating market failures caused by imperfect information, costly enforcement, or coordination failures. Using the World Values Survey 2018, we estimate the impact of village and district levels inequality on trust in institutions in Indonesia. We find that higher village level inequality has a negative effect only on trust in strangers, while higher district level inequality reduces trust in television, the press, the central government, the courts, and the police. The implication points to the importance of keeping inequality at the aggregate level in check to maintain people's trust in social, political and state institutions.

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不平等如何影响对制度的信任：来自印度尼西亚的证据

信任是改善经济绩效和人民福利的重要因素，可以缓解信息不完善、执法成本高昂或协调失败导致的市场失灵。利用2018年世界价值观调查，我们估计了印度尼西亚村庄和地区层面的不平等对机构信任的影响。我们发现，更高的村级不平等只会对陌生人的信任产生负面影响，而更高的区级不平等会降低对电视、媒体、中央政府、法院和警察的信任。这意味着必须控制总水平上的不平等，以保持人们对社会、政治和国家机构的信任。

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Asian Economic Policy Review ECONOMICS-

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12.90

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2.60%

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