Table 6.

Impacts on Trust and Views of Government

Communication vs Control Blocks
Inspector vs Control Blocks
InspectorIndirectly
SampleControlFree CostCommunicationSampleControlAssignedInspected
SizeMeanDifferenceDifferenceSizeMeanDifferenceDifference
Trust state governor8054.89−0.304−0.602**1,3744.81−0.376*−0.524**
(0.296)(0.288)(0.223)(0.238)
Trust state officials7994.28−0.584**−0.566*1,3624.000.124−0.0686
(0.297)(0.300)(0.229)(0.218)
Trust state and municipal inspectors7934.43−0.263−0.585**1,3604.230.0695−0.167
(0.280)(0.233)(0.236)(0.208)
Believe people in govt. act in own interests7330.770.106***0.0848**1,2380.800.0569**0.0400
rather than interests of the people(0.0355)(0.0346)(0.0282)(0.0292)
Communication vs Control Blocks
Inspector vs Control Blocks
InspectorIndirectly
SampleControlFree CostCommunicationSampleControlAssignedInspected
SizeMeanDifferenceDifferenceSizeMeanDifferenceDifference
Trust state governor8054.89−0.304−0.602**1,3744.81−0.376*−0.524**
(0.296)(0.288)(0.223)(0.238)
Trust state officials7994.28−0.584**−0.566*1,3624.000.124−0.0686
(0.297)(0.300)(0.229)(0.218)
Trust state and municipal inspectors7934.43−0.263−0.585**1,3604.230.0695−0.167
(0.280)(0.233)(0.236)(0.208)
Believe people in govt. act in own interests7330.770.106***0.0848**1,2380.800.0569**0.0400
rather than interests of the people(0.0355)(0.0346)(0.0282)(0.0292)

Notes: Standard errors in parentheses, clustered at the block level. *, **, and *** indicate significantly different from control mean at the 10, 5, and 1 percent levels, respectively, after controlling for randomization strata. Sampling weights are used for the Inspector vs Control blocks comparisons. Coefficients in bold remain significant applying the Benjamini-Hochberg (1995) procedure within a family of outcomes to control false discoveries.

Source: Authors’ analysis based on data described in text.

Table 6.

Impacts on Trust and Views of Government

Communication vs Control Blocks
Inspector vs Control Blocks
InspectorIndirectly
SampleControlFree CostCommunicationSampleControlAssignedInspected
SizeMeanDifferenceDifferenceSizeMeanDifferenceDifference
Trust state governor8054.89−0.304−0.602**1,3744.81−0.376*−0.524**
(0.296)(0.288)(0.223)(0.238)
Trust state officials7994.28−0.584**−0.566*1,3624.000.124−0.0686
(0.297)(0.300)(0.229)(0.218)
Trust state and municipal inspectors7934.43−0.263−0.585**1,3604.230.0695−0.167
(0.280)(0.233)(0.236)(0.208)
Believe people in govt. act in own interests7330.770.106***0.0848**1,2380.800.0569**0.0400
rather than interests of the people(0.0355)(0.0346)(0.0282)(0.0292)
Communication vs Control Blocks
Inspector vs Control Blocks
InspectorIndirectly
SampleControlFree CostCommunicationSampleControlAssignedInspected
SizeMeanDifferenceDifferenceSizeMeanDifferenceDifference
Trust state governor8054.89−0.304−0.602**1,3744.81−0.376*−0.524**
(0.296)(0.288)(0.223)(0.238)
Trust state officials7994.28−0.584**−0.566*1,3624.000.124−0.0686
(0.297)(0.300)(0.229)(0.218)
Trust state and municipal inspectors7934.43−0.263−0.585**1,3604.230.0695−0.167
(0.280)(0.233)(0.236)(0.208)
Believe people in govt. act in own interests7330.770.106***0.0848**1,2380.800.0569**0.0400
rather than interests of the people(0.0355)(0.0346)(0.0282)(0.0292)

Notes: Standard errors in parentheses, clustered at the block level. *, **, and *** indicate significantly different from control mean at the 10, 5, and 1 percent levels, respectively, after controlling for randomization strata. Sampling weights are used for the Inspector vs Control blocks comparisons. Coefficients in bold remain significant applying the Benjamini-Hochberg (1995) procedure within a family of outcomes to control false discoveries.

Source: Authors’ analysis based on data described in text.

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