Ethnic diversity, poverty and social trust in Germany: Evidence from a behavioral measure of trust.

ABSTRACT: Several scholars have concluded that ethnic diversity has negative consequences for social trust. However, recent research has called into question whether ethnic diversity per se has detrimental effects, or whether lower levels of trust in diverse communities simply reflect a higher concentration of less trusting groups, such as poor people, minorities, or immigrants. Drawing upon a nationally representative sample of the German population (GSOEP), we make two contributions to this debate. First, we examine how ethnic diversity at the neighborhood level-specifically the proportion of immigrants in the neighborhood-is linked to social trust focusing on the compositional effect of poverty. Second, in contrast to the majority of current research on ethnic diversity, we use a behavioral measu

SUBMITTER: Gereke J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6051567 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature