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Exposure to Ethnic Minorities Changes Attitudes to Them

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  • Albrecht, Sabina
  • Ghidoni, Riccardo

    (Tilburg University, Center For Economic Research)

  • Cettolin, Elena

    (Tilburg University, Center For Economic Research)

  • Suetens, Sigrid

    (Tilburg University, Center For Economic Research)

Abstract

Does exposure to ethnic minorities change the majority’s attitudes towards them? We investigate this question using novel panel data on attitudes from a general-population sample in the Netherlands matched to geographical data on refugees. We find that people who live in neighborhoods of refugees for a sufficiently long time acquire a more positive attitude. Instead, people living in municipalities hosting refugees, but not in their close neighborhood, develop a more negative attitude. The positive neighborhood effect is particularly strong for groups that are likely to have personal contact with refugees suggesting that contact with minorities can effectively reduce prejudice.
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  • Albrecht, Sabina & Ghidoni, Riccardo & Cettolin, Elena & Suetens, Sigrid, 2020. "Exposure to Ethnic Minorities Changes Attitudes to Them," Discussion Paper 2020-021, Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research.
    • Handle: RePEc:tiu:tiucen:bdd5091e-5b0a-4e82-b374-6f143517f9df
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    1. Francesco Campo & Sara Giunti & Mariapia Mendola & Giulia Tura, 2023. "Political Backlash to Refugee Settlement: Cultural and Economic Drivers," Working Papers 522, University of Milano-Bicocca, Department of Economics.
    2. Campo, Francesco & Giunti, Sara & Mendola, Mariapia, 2021. "The Refugee Crisis and Right-Wing Populism: Evidence from the Italian Dispersal Policy," IZA Discussion Papers 14084, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    3. Betts,Alexander Milton Stedman & Stierna,Maria Flinder & Omata,Naohiko & Sterck,Olivier Christian Brigitte, 2022. "Social Cohesion and Refugee-Host Interactions : Evidence from East Africa," Policy Research Working Paper Series 9917, The World Bank.
    4. Francesco Campo & Sara Giunti & Mariapia Mendola, 2020. "The Political Impact of Refugee Migration: Evidence from the Italian Dispersal Policy," Working Papers 456, University of Milano-Bicocca, Department of Economics.

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    Keywords

    prejudice; ethnic diversity; attitudes to immigrants; discrimination; intergroup contact; refugee crisis; individual-level fixed-effects regressions; lab-in-the-field experiment;
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    JEL classification:

    • 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
    • D91 - Microeconomics - - Micro-Based Behavioral Economics - - - Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making
    • C23 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Spatio-temporal Models

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