The impact of social and institutional trust on South Korean perceptions of North Korean arrivals 社会和制度信任对韩国人的朝鲜移民感知的影响 El impacto de la confianza social e institucional en las percepciones de los surcoreanos sobre la llegaada de norcoreanos

Abstract

How do forms of trust influence South Korean views of North Korean arrivals? While a broad literature addresses the institutional and generalized social trust impacting a range of public perceptions, this has not been extended to views on North Korean arrivals. Meanwhile, research on views of arrivals often relies on only one measure for what are likely complex concerns. Through the use of a 2021 Korean Social Integration Survey, we find evidence of institutional and social trust positively influencing overall views of arrivals, with mixed results on the impact on proximal tolerance of arrivals, suggesting that policy efforts to enhance trust as a means to improve integration efforts may fail to produce substantive improvements for arrivals.