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Exposure to Past Immigration Waves and Attitudes toward Newcomers

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  • Rania Gihleb
  • Osea Giuntella
  • Luca Stella

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How does previous exposure to massive immigrant inflows affect concerns about current immigration and the integration of refugees? To answer this question, we investigate attitudes toward newcomers among natives and previous immigrants. In areas that in the 1990s received higher inflows of immigrants of German origin—so-called ethnic Germans—native Germans are more likely to believe that refugees are a resource for the economy and the culture, viewing them as an opportunity rather than a risk. Refugees living in these areas report better health and feel less exposed to xenophobia.

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  • Rania Gihleb & Osea Giuntella & Luca Stella, 2022. "Exposure to Past Immigration Waves and Attitudes toward Newcomers," NBER Working Papers 30473, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    • Handle: RePEc:nbr:nberwo:30473
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    1. Bousquet, Julie & Gasten, Anna & Kadigo, Mark Marvin & Maystadt, Jean-François & Salemi, Colette, 2025. "Does perceived labor market competition increase prejudice between refugees and their local hosts? Evidence from Uganda and Ethiopia," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 175(C).
    2. Fremerey, Melinda & Hörnig, Lukas & Schaffner, Sandra, 2024. "Becoming neighbors with refugees and voting for the far-right? The impact of refugee inflows at the small-scale level," Labour Economics, Elsevier, vol. 86(C).
    3. Frédéric Docquier & Ariane Gordan & Michel Tenikue & Aleksa Uljarevic, 2024. "Attitudes towards Immigration in a Highly Multicultural Society: The Roles of Foreign Background and Local Exposure," LISER Working Paper Series 2024-08, Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER).

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    • I0 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - General
    • J15 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination

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