Abstract

Using individual-level data that are representative at the city level for six Latin American capital cities (Bogota, Buenos Aires, Caracas, Lima, Montevideo, and San José), we find that participation in government social welfare programs is negatively associated to trust, a result that is robust to the inclusion of individual risk measures and a broad array of controls. Our findings support the notion that low take-up rates may be linked to stigma and not to high transaction costs as commonly suggested (JEL D01, O12, O10).

中文翻译：

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社会福利计划和信任：来自六个拉丁美洲城市的证据

摘要

使用代表六个拉丁美洲首都（波哥大，布宜诺斯艾利斯，加拉加斯，利马，蒙得维的亚和圣何塞）的城市水平的个人数据，我们发现参与政府社会福利计划与信任负相关，其结果对于包含单个风险度量和广泛的控制措施是有力的。我们的发现支持这样一种观点，即低吸收率可能与耻辱联系在一起，而不是通常建议的高交易成本（JEL D01，O12，O10）。