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Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies Vol. 37, No. 4, April 2011, pp. 597 618 Ethnic, Religious and Economic Diversity in Dutch Neighbourhoods: Explaining Quality of Contact with Neighbours, Trust in the Neighbourhood and Inter-Ethnic Trust Bram Lancee and Jaap Dronkers 1 1 0 2 h c r a M 4 1 Several studies conclude that ethnic diversity tends to reduce social capital. There may, 0 : however, be other forms of diversity that also affect social capital, and their inclusion 7 1 : might make the negative effect of ethnic diversity spurious. Besides ethnic diversity, we t A ] identify economic and religious diversity, as well as language proficiency in the p a a neighbourhood. This study explores data from the Netherlands showing how these four J , s dimensions of diversity in the neighbourhood affect the quality of contact with r e k neighbours, trust in the neighbourhood and inter-ethnic trust for immigrant and native n o r D residents. We find that ethnic diversity in the neighbourhood still lowers the quality of [ : contact with neighbours. For natives, ethnic diversity is positively associated with inter- y B d ethnic trust, whereas for immigrants there is no effect. Furthermore, for natives, religious e d a o diversity negatively affects the quality of contact with neighbours and inter-ethnic trust, l n w whereas for immigrants this effect is positive. Economic diversity positively impacts on o D