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Ethnicity and Trust: A Multifactorial Experiment

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  • Henar Criado
  • Francisco Herreros
  • Luis Miller
  • Paloma Ubeda

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type="main"> This article reports the results of an online experiment conducted in two ethnically fragmented societies in Spain: the Basque Country and Catalonia. It tests the effect of co-ethnicity on trust and reciprocity. Ethnicity was manipulated in the experimental context using three ethnic attributes: ancestors' origin, language and name. Additionally, the article reports a comparison of general levels of trust in the two regions. No co-ethnicity effect on trust is found, but there is significantly more reciprocal behaviour between Catalan speakers in Catalonia. Higher levels of trust and reciprocity are found in the more homogeneous society of the Basque Country. The lack of co-ethnicity effect on trust is especially significant given that the Basque Country has experienced decades of terrorism along ethnic lines.

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  • Henar Criado & Francisco Herreros & Luis Miller & Paloma Ubeda, 2015. "Ethnicity and Trust: A Multifactorial Experiment," Political Studies, Political Studies Association, vol. 63, pages 131-152, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:polstu:v:63:y:2015:i::p:131-152
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    1. Blaine G. Robbins, 2017. "Status, identity, and ability in the formation of trust," Rationality and Society, , vol. 29(4), pages 408-448, November.
    2. Dorrit Posel, 2022. "Within-Race Trust and the Trust Radius: Race Differences in Post-Apartheid South Africa," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 164(2), pages 649-664, November.
    3. Henar Criado & Francisco Herreros & Luis Miller & Paloma Ubeda, 2018. "The Unintended Consequences of Political Mobilization on Trust," Journal of Conflict Resolution, Peace Science Society (International), vol. 62(2), pages 231-253, February.
    4. Sophie Cetre, 2020. "Essays on the determinants of wage inequality [Etudes des déterminants des inégalités salariales]," SciencePo Working papers Main tel-03408393, HAL.
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    7. Sophie Cetre, 2020. "Essays on the determinants of wage inequality [Etudes des déterminants des inégalités salariales]," SciencePo Working papers tel-03408393, HAL.
    8. Cetre, Sophie & Algan, Yann & Grimalda, Gianluca & Murtin, Fabrice & Pipke, David & Putterman, Louis & Schmidt, Ulrich & Siegerink, Vincent, 2024. "Ethnic bias, economic achievement and trust between large ethnic groups: A study in Germany and the U.S," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 224(C), pages 996-1021.

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