Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/235598 
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Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
The Constitutional Economics Network Working Papers No. 02-2021
Publisher: 
University of Freiburg, Institute for Economic Research, Department of Economic Policy and Constitutional Economic Theory, Freiburg i. Br.
Abstract: 
I study the impact of racism on trust in Europe. To operationalize trust and racism, I use individual level responses from the European Social and World Value Surveys. The results of the multivariate analysis indicate, individuals who possess a self-reported racist attitude are less likely to be trusting. To address the issue of causality, I examine second generation immigrants. When analyzing immigrants and using the level of racism of their origin country as a proxy for individual racial attitudes, I find, racism continues to predict lower levels of trust. These results provide evidence racism has a negative, significant, and causal impact on generalized trust. Additionally, the paper supports the notion that racism could have negative economic consequences via the erosion of social capital.
Subjects: 
Racism
Trust
Culture
JEL: 
O1
Z1
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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