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Individual Attitudes Toward Others, Misanthropy Analysis in a Cross‐Country Perspective
Author(s) -
Melgar Natalia,
Rossi Máximo,
Smith Tom W.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
american journal of economics and sociology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.199
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1536-7150
pISSN - 0002-9246
DOI - 10.1111/j.1536-7150.2012.00865.x
Subject(s) - perspective (graphical) , ranking (information retrieval) , language change , perception , cross country , economics , set (abstract data type) , demographic economics , social psychology , psychology , mathematics , art , literature , machine learning , neuroscience , computer science , programming language , geometry
While misanthropy has been analyzed taking into account one country and just comparing results, we employ the 2004 I nternational S ocial S urvey P rogram data set and assess its determinants from a cross‐country analysis by considering personal characteristics and country effects. Findings indicate that misanthropy is explained by sociodemographic and economic characteristics (being a woman, education, and marriage reduce misanthropy while being young or poor, and self‐employment have the opposite effect). Country effects result significant consequently, some environmental factors play a relevant role. Finally, we add new elements to the discussion by showing a strong relationship among our misanthropy ranking and two corruption perception rankings.