Does ethnic diversity erode social trust? Continued immigration and corresponding growing
ethnic diversity have prompted this essential question for modern societies, but few clear …

Recent years have seen a sharp increase in empirical studies on the constrict claim: the
hypothesized detrimental effect of ethnic diversity on most if not all aspects of social …

Energy poverty is now a major concern on the public policy agenda in many countries.
However, evidence on the determinants of energy poverty is relatively scant. Our study …

A scientist integrates evolutionary biology, genetics, psychology, economics, and more to
explore the development and workings of human societies.“There is no good reason why …

Dramatic changes in the ethnic composition of countries in the last decades have sparked
new interest among social scientists in studying and uncovering the role of ethnic diversity …

We argue that residential exposure to ethnic diversity reduces social trust. Previous within-
country analyses of the relationship between contextual ethnic diversity and trust have been …

The book explores the ways in which social cohesion—measured as trust in unknown fellow
citizens—can be established and undermined. It examines the US and UK, where social …

Contact between people from different groups triggers specific individual-and group-level
responses, ranging from attitudes and emotions to welfare and health outcomes. Standard …

Do institutions or culture determine levels of social trust in society? If quality of institutions
determines levels of social trust, migrants from countries with lower-quality institutions …

IN the volumes of research on social trust, no question has received more attention than that
of the potential consequences of ethnic diversity for social trust. The cause of this attraction …