Where you come from or where you live? Examining the cultural and institutional explanation of generalized trust using migration as a natural experiment

European Sociological Review

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 114-128

  Dinesen, Peter Thisted ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

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EID: 84873386904     PISSN: 02667215     EISSN: 14682672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/esr/jcr044     Document Type: Article

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