concentration on social integration. The exogenous placement of immigrants “switches off” observable and unobservable differences in …-ethnics increases migrants’ interaction cost with natives and thus reduces the likelihood of integration. …

This article analyzes the consequences of integration in public education. I show that the flight from the integrated … among more affluent parents whose children flee. In contrast, among less prosperous parents, integration in public education … rich, who can resort to private education. I also analyze the overall society-wide effect of the integration policy and …

-West border; political integration is not rapidly followed by economic integration. Instead, we estimate that it takes at least …

We examine whether a corruption scandal in which the incumbent is implicated undermines trust in local government. We … data on the level of trust expressed in local politicians drawn from a new survey conducted in late 2009. We use matching … methods to improve the identification of the effect of corruption scandals on trust, comparing municipalities affected by a …

In this paper we investigate the long- and short-run relationships between disasters and societal trust. A growing body … determinants of social capital in general, and trust in particular. We present new cross-country and panel data evidence of another … important determinant of trust—the frequency of natural disasters. Frequent naturally occurring events such as storms require …

To investigate the relation between trust and formal institutions, we analyze bilateral trade patterns in a sample of … 16 European countries between 1996-2009. Trust in trading partners has a significant positive effect on bilateral trade …. However, our results suggest that trust and formal institutions are substitutes, as the positive effect of trust on trade is …

approaches. One of the major advantages of our approach is that it allows for the integration of experiments, which require … the power of our approach with the analysis of trust and trustworthiness in Germany bycombining representative survey data … people’s trust correlate well with behaviorally exhibited trust in the experiment. People above the age of 65, highly skilled …

Many Internet markets rely on ‘feedback systems’, essentially social networks of reputation, to facilitate trust and … market encounters are one-shot) most frequently enhances trust and trustworthiness, and always increases total gains … each other) in promoting trust and trustworthiness if the market is sufficiently competitive. We conclude that, overall …