2019
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2019.02.002
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Trust, ethnic diversity, and personal contact: A field experiment

Abstract: We study how close personal contact with minorities affects in-group and out-group trust in a field experiment in the armed forces. Soldiers are randomly assigned to rooms with or without ethnic minorities. At the end of the recruit period, we measure trust by using a trust game. Results indicate that close personal contact with minorities increases trust towards a generic immigrant. We replicate the result that individuals coming from more ethnically diverse areas trust minorities less, but random assignment … Show more

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“…Unfortunately, less intergroup contact research has directly measured behaviour towards an outgroup member (cf. Finseraas et al 2019), and much of this work relies on self-reports of previous contact experiences and attitudes or mentally simulating positive contact (e.g. Meleady and Seger 2017).…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Unfortunately, less intergroup contact research has directly measured behaviour towards an outgroup member (cf. Finseraas et al 2019), and much of this work relies on self-reports of previous contact experiences and attitudes or mentally simulating positive contact (e.g. Meleady and Seger 2017).…”
Section: The Current Researchmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Note that we do not distinguish between contact and exposure. For a discussion on the difference between both concepts, see, for example,Finseraas et al (2016).…”
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“…Note that we do not distinguish between contact and exposure. For a discussion on the difference between both concepts, see, for example,Finseraas et al (2016).…”
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confidence: 99%