Do Institutions or Culture Determine the Level of Social Trust? The Natural Experiment of Migration from Non-western to Western Countries

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Do Institutions or Culture Determine the Level of Social Trust? The Natural Experiment of Migration from Non-western to Western Countries. / Nannestad, Peter; Svendsen, Gert Tinggard; Dinesen, Peter Thisted; Sønderskov, Kim Mannemar.

In: Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Vol. 40, No. 4, 2014, p. 544-565.

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Nannestad, P, Svendsen, GT, Dinesen, PT & Sønderskov, KM 2014, 'Do Institutions or Culture Determine the Level of Social Trust? The Natural Experiment of Migration from Non-western to Western Countries', Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 40, no. 4, pp. 544-565. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2013.830499

APA

Nannestad, P., Svendsen, G. T., Dinesen, P. T., & Sønderskov, K. M. (2014). Do Institutions or Culture Determine the Level of Social Trust? The Natural Experiment of Migration from Non-western to Western Countries. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 40(4), 544-565. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2013.830499

Vancouver

Nannestad P, Svendsen GT, Dinesen PT, Sønderskov KM. Do Institutions or Culture Determine the Level of Social Trust? The Natural Experiment of Migration from Non-western to Western Countries. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. 2014;40(4):544-565. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2013.830499

Author

Nannestad, Peter ; Svendsen, Gert Tinggard ; Dinesen, Peter Thisted ; Sønderskov, Kim Mannemar. / Do Institutions or Culture Determine the Level of Social Trust? The Natural Experiment of Migration from Non-western to Western Countries. In: Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. 2014 ; Vol. 40, No. 4. pp. 544-565.

Bibtex

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