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Market Activities and Trust of North Korean Refugees

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  • Byung‐Yeon Kim
  • Seong Hee Kim

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This study investigates the effects of North Koreans’ informal market activities on their trust. Using survey data on North Korean refugees living in South Korea, we find that North Korean refugees who previously traded goods in markets in North Korea have higher trust in most people. By contrast, the experience of trading in markets did not affect trust in other North Korean refugees, suggesting little evidence of in‐group favoritism. Our main result is robust when we apply the instrument variable approach. This finding suggests the possibility that increased marketization in North Korea leads to a weakened control of the authorities over the North Korean society.

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  • Byung‐Yeon Kim & Seong Hee Kim, 2019. "Market Activities and Trust of North Korean Refugees," Asian Economic Policy Review, Japan Center for Economic Research, vol. 14(2), pages 238-257, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:asiapr:v:14:y:2019:i:2:p:238-257
    DOI: 10.1111/aepr.12261
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    1. Choi, Ginny Seung & Storr, Virgil Henry, 2023. "The morality of markets in theory and empirics," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 216(C), pages 590-607.
    2. Ryan Essex & Erika Kalocsányiová & Nataliya Rumyantseva & Jill Jameson, 2022. "Trust Amongst Refugees in Resettlement Settings: a Systematic Scoping Review and Thematic Analysis of the Literature," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Springer, vol. 23(2), pages 543-568, June.

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