Ethnic diversity, trust, and the mediating role of positive and negative interethnic contact: A priming experiment

Social Science Research

Volumn 47, Issue , 2014, Pages 91-107

  Koopmans, Ruud ^a   Veit, Susanne ^a  

^a WZB BERLIN SOCIAL SCIENCE CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Causality; Ethnic diversity; Interethnic contact; Survey experiment; Trust

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRANT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TRUST; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TRUST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899697049     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2014.03.014     Document Type: Article

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