Ethnic Diversity, a Desolation Row for Interpersonal Trust?
(2016) NEKH01 20152Department of Economics
- Abstract
- In this paper we will investigate whether the ethnic composition of a county affects their
trust. More specifically we will answer the question: does the ethnic composition affect
the level of trust in Sweden and are there any specific factors that increase this effect? In
order to do this we use data on Swedish citizens from the year 2001 to the year 2012. As
an approximation for ethnicity we use the individuals country of birth and to estimate
trust we use two different measures: general trust and local trust. We also collected
numerous of context variables to control for unwanted effects. Using a multiple regression
analysis we isolate the impact of ethnic heterogeneity on trust. In addition to this we
tested for several... (More) - In this paper we will investigate whether the ethnic composition of a county affects their
trust. More specifically we will answer the question: does the ethnic composition affect
the level of trust in Sweden and are there any specific factors that increase this effect? In
order to do this we use data on Swedish citizens from the year 2001 to the year 2012. As
an approximation for ethnicity we use the individuals country of birth and to estimate
trust we use two different measures: general trust and local trust. We also collected
numerous of context variables to control for unwanted effects. Using a multiple regression
analysis we isolate the impact of ethnic heterogeneity on trust. In addition to this we
tested for several interaction effects to see if some factors are especially harmful on trust
when combined with ethnic heterogeneity. Starting with a paper by Putnam (2007)
there has been a debate in Europe regarding whether ethnic heterogeneity affect the
level of trust and much research on the subject has been published. However, our paper
contributes to this research in two ways: It looks at the relation between the change
as well as the level of ethnic heterogeneity on trust and with the basis in the theories
from Lipset and Rokkan (1967) we check for interaction effect that might increase the
negative effect on trust. Our study shows that ethnic diversification has a significant
negative effect on local trust while no significant conclusions can be made when it comes
to general trust. No significant interaction effects are found. (Less)
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- author
- Lundstedt, Jonas LU and Nissling, Simon LU
- supervisor
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- Andreas Bergh LU
- Therese Nilsson LU
- organization
- course
- NEKH01 20152
- year
- 2016
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Local trust, General trust, Ethnic diversity
- language
- English
- id
- 8521615
- date added to LUP
- 2016-02-11 14:59:31
- date last changed
- 2016-02-11 14:59:31
@misc{8521615, abstract = {{In this paper we will investigate whether the ethnic composition of a county affects their trust. More specifically we will answer the question: does the ethnic composition affect the level of trust in Sweden and are there any specific factors that increase this effect? In order to do this we use data on Swedish citizens from the year 2001 to the year 2012. As an approximation for ethnicity we use the individuals country of birth and to estimate trust we use two different measures: general trust and local trust. We also collected numerous of context variables to control for unwanted effects. Using a multiple regression analysis we isolate the impact of ethnic heterogeneity on trust. In addition to this we tested for several interaction effects to see if some factors are especially harmful on trust when combined with ethnic heterogeneity. Starting with a paper by Putnam (2007) there has been a debate in Europe regarding whether ethnic heterogeneity affect the level of trust and much research on the subject has been published. However, our paper contributes to this research in two ways: It looks at the relation between the change as well as the level of ethnic heterogeneity on trust and with the basis in the theories from Lipset and Rokkan (1967) we check for interaction effect that might increase the negative effect on trust. Our study shows that ethnic diversification has a significant negative effect on local trust while no significant conclusions can be made when it comes to general trust. No significant interaction effects are found.}}, author = {{Lundstedt, Jonas and Nissling, Simon}}, language = {{eng}}, note = {{Student Paper}}, title = {{Ethnic Diversity, a Desolation Row for Interpersonal Trust?}}, year = {{2016}}, }