Are Survey Measures of Trust Correlated with Experimental Trust? Evidence from Cameroon |
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Authors: | Alvin Etang Stephen Knowles |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Economics , Yale University , New Haven , CT , USA;2. Department of Economics , University of Otago , Dunedin , New Zealand |
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Abstract: | In less developed countries, there is often a low correlation between survey-based measures of interpersonal trust and experimental measures. This has caused doubt about the reliability of trust measures used to explain variations in levels of socio-economic development. Using data from rural Cameroon, we explore whether the correlation between survey and experimental trust depends on social distance, and on whether the survey questions are context-specific. We find a high correlation in all cases. However, correlations with survey trustworthiness do depend on social distance. |
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