1、中文 3600 字， 2000 英文单词 ， 1.1 万英文字符 文献出处： Cho S Y. Does Gender Equality Promote Social Trust? An Empirical AnalysisJ. World Development, 2016, 88:175-187. Does Gender Equality Promote Social Trust? An Empirical Analysis SEO-YOUNG CHO Summary Fairness is an important factor that promotes social trust by
2、 reducing social heterogeneity and gaps between people. This paper empirically investigates whether gender equalityfairness between men and womenincreases social trust by analyzing a global sample from the World Values Survey. The ndings show that gender discriminatory values negatively aect the tru
3、st levels of both men and women, while womens status in labor, education, and political dimensions is not a signicant determinant. These results indicate that values regarding gender equality (fair values) are arguably more important to social trust than the actual socioeconomic conditions of women
4、(fair conditions). Furthermore, the eect of gender equality varies across countries with dierent levels of gender endowments. Gender-related values are an important factor of social trust in countries where gender equality is relatively high, but its eect is minimal in countries with greater gender
5、discrimination. This nding implies that fairness is a more essential social value in countries where equality is already established. Finally, the empirical investigation nds a stronger eect of gender equality on men than on womenespecially in high gender-equal countries. This result contradicts the
6、 initial expectation that gender equality inuences women more signicantly and thus, the eect should be larger for them. A possible explanation for this result is that gender equality establishes a more trustworthy environment of men which increases their trust level more. Key words social trust, gender equality, fairness, values survey, worldwide 1. INTRODUCTION Informal institutionsparticularly social trustare important to promote economic growth, as social trust can su
