Trust towards Migrants

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Author
Lamé, Diego
Date issued
Sep 2021
Subject
Migration and Migrant;
Immigration;
Human Migration;
Behavioral Economics
JEL code
C9 - Design of Experiments;
J15 - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants • Non-labor Discrimination
Country
Uruguay
Category
Working Papers
Using a standard trust game, we elicit trust and reciprocity measures in a representative sample of adult players in Montevideo, the capital city of Uruguay, a country that exhibits relatively better levels of tolerance towards migrants than other Latin American countries. We find no statistically significant differences in trust levels of Uruguayans towards countrymen versus migrants. In reciprocity, we find only marginally significant differences attributable to the nationality of the players.
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