Does Ethnicity Matter for Trust? Evidence from Africa

Zerfu, Daniel; Zikhali, Precious; Kabenga, Innocent

doi:10.1093/jae/ejn009

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“…The reason for the negative effect could be that the well-educated people have no trust in the private firms, which are the current source of information provided on food labels. Similarly to other studies, gender (e.g., Zerfu et al, 2009) and household income (e.g., Horna et al, 2007;Johannsson-Stenman et al, in press) did not seem to play a significant role in influencing consumers' trust in GM food labels. We also found that Ugandans' trust in food labelling differs between consumer types and regional locations.…”

Section: Ordered Logit Resultssupporting

confidence: 67%

“…However, consumer trust in food labels (negative or positive) may depend on various factors such as: age, education, gender, income, family size, location of the household, consumer types, and other individual characteristics, as reported in other general trust studies (e.g., McLean-Meyinsse, 2001;Huffman et al, 2004;Zerfu et al, 2009;Johansson-Stenman et al, in press). We expect age to play a role in that older rather than younger consumers may be more sensitive to food safety and nutrition.…”

Section: Variablesmentioning

confidence: 92%

“…For instance, a number of studies have reported significant and positive income effects on trust (e.g., Glaeser et al, 2000;Karlan, 2005;Schechter, 2007;Johansson-Stenman et al, in press). Several studies have also reported that education of the respondent has positive and significant effects on trust (e.g., Frewer et al, 1999;Holgado et al, 2000;Bellemare and Kröger, 2007;Lobb et al, 2007;Zerfu et al, 2009), while others have found education to show negative effects (e.g., Johansson-Stenman et al, in press). Similarly, some studies show that older respondents have higher levels of trust than younger ones (Zerfu et al, 2009), while others report a decreased level of trust with increase in age (e.g., Huffman et al, 2004).…”

Section: Conceptual Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

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‘If labels for GM food were present, would consumers trust them?’ Insights from a consumer survey in Uganda

Kikulwe¹,

Falck-Zepeda²,

Wesseler³

2013

Envir. Dev. Econ.

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Food labelling is costly. Food labelling is often demanded with the introduction of new food products such as genetically modified (GM) food. If consumers do not have trust in the label, scarce resources are wasted. This paper investigates factors affecting the trust in food labels among Ugandan consumers. The results suggest that older, less-educated individuals of smaller household sizes and with trust in government institutions have more trust in food labels. Other factors were also found to be important. The government has to consider those differences in consumer trust when designing a GM labelling policy.

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Section: Ordered Logit Resultssupporting

confidence: 67%

Section: Variablesmentioning

confidence: 92%

Section: Conceptual Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

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‘If labels for GM food were present, would consumers trust them?’ Insights from a consumer survey in Uganda

Kikulwe¹,

Falck-Zepeda²,

Wesseler³

2013

Envir. Dev. Econ.

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“…This concurs with the idea that positive learning holds if people have varied contacts with social groupings that are richly tolerant (Kawakami et al 2000). On the other hand, Zerfu et al (2009) argue that individuals develop social ties among themselves based on their similarity. This means participation in homogenous groups might restrict an individual to interact within that particular group, which could negatively affect generalized social capital ties.…”

Section: Sources Of Social Tolerance: Theories and Empirical Evidencesupporting

confidence: 80%

Explaining Self-Declared Social Tolerance for Human Diversity in Latin America and the Caribbean

Bangwayo-Skeete

Zikhali

2013

Forum for Social Economics

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Social tolerance enables heterogeneous persons to find harmony in their differences. This has been shown to reduce the likelihood of inter-and intra-group conflicts, thereby creating an environment conducive for economic and social development. This paper examines socio-economic factors that influence individual differences in social tolerance in Latin America and the Caribbean. Being mindful of the fact that there are socio-cultural differences between Latin America and the Caribbean, five dimensions of social tolerance are investigated: tolerance for racial and religious dissimilarity, homosexuals, AIDS victims and immigrants. Using the 2005 World Values Survey data, we simultaneously estimate tolerance towards these groups using multivariate probit models. Education is found to positively and significantly enhance all five dimensions of social tolerance, suggesting that policies meant to enhance social tolerance should be directed towards improving educational systems. Overall, the analysis underscores heterogeneity of factors affecting self-declared tolerance of the selected social groups. Thus, analyses of social tolerance and ensuing policies should be developed specific to a particular dimension of tolerance.

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“…Of the women who did receive a loan, 50% received a lower amount than they originally requested (Kibanja and Munene, 2009). Interpersonal trust is also influenced by ethnicity: trust tends to be lower in ethnically diverse countries, such as those in Africa, compared with homogeneous societies, and ethnic nepotism worsens the effects on interpersonal trust (Zerfu et al, 2008).…”

Section: Problems With Extending Credit-scoring Models To Developing mentioning

confidence: 99%

Credit Scoring, Risk, and Consumer Lendingscapes in Emerging Markets

Burton¹

2012

Environ Plan A

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Statistical modelling has superseded traditional methods of assessing character and trustworthiness through personal knowledge and face-to-face interaction. Advances in credit scoring allow lenders to extend loans to a wider proportion of the population in spatially disparate locations and simultaneously reduce losses associated with nonperforming loans. Contrary to scientific approaches to credit and risk assessment, cultural theorists maintain that risk should be understood through a richer reading of social and cultural analysis and interpretation. I focus on consumer lendingscapes in emerging markets as an example of understanding the social and cultural constructed nature of risk and credit scoring by assessing technological expertise, legal systems, culture, norms, beliefs, and social relations of fînancial institutions in specifíc places. There are significant problems with extending methods of credit scoring and networks of credit bureaus developed in advanced societies to emerging markets.

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Does Ethnicity Matter for Trust? Evidence from Africa

Cited by 19 publications

References 17 publications

‘If labels for GM food were present, would consumers trust them?’ Insights from a consumer survey in Uganda

‘If labels for GM food were present, would consumers trust them?’ Insights from a consumer survey in Uganda

Explaining Self-Declared Social Tolerance for Human Diversity in Latin America and the Caribbean

Credit Scoring, Risk, and Consumer Lendingscapes in Emerging Markets

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