Trust, ethnic diversity, and personal contact: A field experiment

Finseraas, Henning; Hanson, Torbjørn; Johnsen, Åshild A.; Kotsadam, Andreas; Torsvik, Gaute

doi:10.1016/j.jpubeco.2019.02.002

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“…Unfortunately, less intergroup contact research has directly measured behaviour towards an outgroup member (cf. Finseraas et al 2019), and much of this work relies on self-reports of previous contact experiences and attitudes or mentally simulating positive contact (e.g. Meleady and Seger 2017).…”

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Member-to-member generalisation in trust behaviour: How do prior experiences inform prosocial behaviour towards novel ingroup and outgroup members?

2019

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Trust in individuals is strongly guided by group membership; ingroup favouritism in trust is a very robust finding in the literature on pro-social behaviour. We know, however, that group attitudes can change based on discrete encounters with group members (i.e., intergroup contact). This research examines how people use previous experiences with ingroup and outgroup members to inform decisions to trust novel, unknown group members. This process, which we refer to as member-to-member generalisation, was examined in two studies using a student sample (N = 135) and a larger and more representative online sample (N = 226). The moderating effects of group membership (ingroup vs outgroup vs unknown) and interaction valence (positive vs negative) on member-to-member generalisation were explored in ten sequential Trust Games. We examined changes in investment behaviour based on feedback from the previous partner, where feedback was either positive (high reciprocation) or negative (no reciprocation). We observed consistent evidence for member-to-member generalisation. People did not just rely on initial group attitudes to guide their trust behaviour, but adjusted their behaviour towards novel individuals based on previous experiences. Generalisation was stronger for interactions that were negative and seemingly unexpected. When people showed strong distrust of the outgroup (Study 1) or were highly identified with the ingroup (Study 2), they changed their behaviour towards novel partners more after experiencing incongruent interactions. These findings are discussed in relation to intergroup contact theory, outgroup homogeneity, and expectancy violation effects.

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Member-to-member generalisation in trust behaviour: How do prior experiences inform prosocial behaviour towards novel ingroup and outgroup members?

2019

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“…Note that we do not distinguish between contact and exposure. For a discussion on the difference between both concepts, see, for example,Finseraas et al (2016).…”

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The geography of linguistic diversity and the provision of public goods

Gomes

Ortuño‐Ortín

2020

Journal of Development Economics

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“…Note that we do not distinguish between contact and exposure. For a discussion on the difference between both concepts, see, for example,Finseraas et al (2016).…”

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The Geography of Linguistic Diversity and the Provision of Public Goods

Gomes

Ortuño‐Ortín

2018

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This paper theoretically analyzes and empirically investigates the importance of local interaction between individuals of different linguistic groups for the provision of public goods at the national level. Depending on whether local interaction mitigates or reinforces antagonism towards other groups, the micro-founded theory we develop predicts that a country's provision of public goods (i) decreases in its overall linguistic fractionalization, and (ii) either increases or decreases in how much individuals locally learn about other groups. After constructing a 5 km by 5 km geographic dataset on language use for 223 countries, we compute measures of overall fractionalization and local learning, and investigate their relation to public good provision at the country level. While overall fractionalization worsens outcomes, we find a positive causal relation between local learning and public goods. Local mixing therefore mitigates the negative impact of a country's overall linguistic fractionalization. An IV strategy shows that this result is not driven by the possible endogenous spatial distribution of language speakers within countries.

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Trust, ethnic diversity, and personal contact: A field experiment

Cited by 58 publications

References 61 publications

Member-to-member generalisation in trust behaviour: How do prior experiences inform prosocial behaviour towards novel ingroup and outgroup members?

Member-to-member generalisation in trust behaviour: How do prior experiences inform prosocial behaviour towards novel ingroup and outgroup members?

The geography of linguistic diversity and the provision of public goods

The Geography of Linguistic Diversity and the Provision of Public Goods

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