2018/02/06 by Han Il Chang, Woo Chang Kang · 35 citations
Psychology · Social Sciences · #Affect (linguistics) #Culture, Economy, and Development Studies #Demographic economics #Economics #Immigration #Migration and Labor Dynamics #Migration, Refugees, and Integration #Political science #Politics #Psychology #Social capital #Social psychology #Social trust #Survey data collection #World Values Survey
paper · doi:10.1017/s0008423917001378
published in Canadian Journal of Political Science 51(2), 357-378 (Cambridge University Press)
openalex publication_date 2018/02/06 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/21
Abstract We examine (1) how trust in foreigners and trust in political institutions affect attitudes toward immigration and (2) the moderating effect of economic development on those impacts, analyzing data from the fifth wave of the World Values Survey. We find that natives who trust foreigners are more tolerant toward immigration and that economic development positively moderates the impact of trust in foreigners on the attitudes. Meanwhile, we find only mixed evidence for the impact of trust in political institutions and the moderating role of economic development in the impact. We conclude by discussing the implications of the findings.