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Migration and Trust: Evidence on Assimilation from Internal Migrants

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  • Diego Marino-Fages

    (University of Durham)

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I study whether internal migrants’ generalized trust adjusts to their destination environment, using Swiss Household Panel data that track the same individuals before and after they move between cantons. An event-study difference-in-differences design compares movers with migrants who have not yet moved. I estimate trust increases of 0.14 standard deviations for moves to cantons with higher trust than the origin and decreases of 0.10 for moves to lower-trust cantons. Changes emerge within the first few years. Complementary estimates remain positive after accounting for measured destination trustworthiness. These findings suggest that generalized trust can adjust relatively quickly following migration.

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  • Diego Marino-Fages, 2026. "Migration and Trust: Evidence on Assimilation from Internal Migrants," Department of Economics Working Papers 2026_15, Durham University, Department of Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:dur:durham:2026_15
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    JEL classification:

    • O10 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - General
    • J01 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - General - - - Labor Economics: General
    • J15 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
    • R23 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Household Analysis - - - Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population
    • A13 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Relation of Economics to Social Values
    • D19 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Other

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