Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/224152 
Authors: 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 118
Publisher: 
Osnabrück University, Institute of Empirical Economic Research, Osnabrück
Abstract: 
Overcoming long-term unemployment is a challenging task in which trust of the long-term unemployed in their caseworkers is a key issue. However, research about drivers of this trust is a white spot in the literature. The paper closes this gap. Embedded in a theoretical model at the organizational level a trust game with real long-term unemployed and caseworkers is evaluated empirically. The results support the social identity theory, i.e. trust in members of the "own" group is higher than trust in the members of the "other" group, as well as more traditional explanations of trust. The results are used for policy conclusions.
Subjects: 
trust
long-term unemployment
JEL: 
C25
C91
J64
J68
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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