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Inkomstskatters inverkan på det sociala kapitalet : en kvantitativ studie om sambandet mellan skatt och social tillit / Income taxes impact on social capital : a quantitive study on the connection between taxes and social trust

This essay study the connection between income taxes and social trust. This has been conducted through studying the social trust between income classes, investigate if there is a connection between trust and attitude to tax levels. Furthermore, the study will analyze if the variation in income can explain the level of variation in social trust.  Based on the analysis it is possible to determine a connection between the opinion of the income tax as too high and a low degree of social trust. It is not possible to determine that there is a significant connection between high income and a low degree of social trust.  Social capital is a widespread concept within almost every academic field. In this study, social trust will be used in a further extent since it better describes trust between people on a micro level. Social capital will instead be used when speaking of the accumulated amount of social trust on a level of macro.  The study is based on data from Välfärdsstatsundersökningen 2010 (Welfare state survey), which is carried out by Umeå university. The variables used originates from the survey, which later is recoded to suit the purpose of the essay.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:kau-73518
Date January 2019
CreatorsGustafsson Opdal, Karl
PublisherKarlstads universitet, Fakulteten för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap (from 2013)
Source SetsDiVA Archive at Upsalla University
LanguageSwedish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeStudent thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text
Formatapplication/pdf
Rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess

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