Andreas Kotsadam
ifo/CESifo Visiting Researcher
Andreas Kotsadam, Ragnar Frisch Centre for economic research, CESifo Guest from 16 to 20 December 2019.
Trust, Ethnic Diversity and Personal Contact
In a CESifo Working Paper (7515), co-authored by Andreas Kotsadam, the research team studied how close personal contact with minorities affects in-group and out-group trust in a field experiment in the armed forces. Soldiers were randomly assigned to rooms with or without ethnic minorities. At the end of the recruit period, trust was measured by using a trust game. Results indicate that close personal contact with minorities increases trust towards a generic immigrant. The result was replicated that individuals coming from more ethnically diverse areas trust minorities less, but random assignment to interact with minority soldiers removes this negative correlation. The researchers concluded that social integration involving personal contact can reduce negative effects of ethnic diversity on trust.
Mr. Kotsadam’s main research interests are gender issues, immigration, inequality and endogenous preferences. He will be visiting between 16 to 20 December 2019 and will be offering an ifo Lunchtime Seminar on 18 December at 12 pm. During his stay, he is eager to discuss his research and encourages staff to contact him.
His wide range of publications include “Chinese aid and local corruption” (Journal of Public Economics with Ann-Sofie Isaksson), “Exposure to female colleagues breaks the glass ceiling – Evidence from a combined vignette and field experiment” (European Economic Review with Henning Finseraas, Åshild A. Johnsen, and Gaute Torsvik) and “Ancestry culture and female employment – An analysis using second generation siblings” (European Sociological Review with Henning Finseraas). A recent paper, “How settlement locations and local networks influence immigrant political integration”, with Bernt Bratsberg, Jeremy Ferwerda, and Henning Finseraas, is forthcoming in the American Journal of Political Science.
Andreas Kotsadam is a research professor in Economics at the Frisch Centre and a Professor at the Psychology department at the University of Oslo. He holds a PhD and an MA in Economics from Göteborg University as well as an MA in Law and Economics from Stockholm University and an MA in Finance from EADA, Barcelona.
