Discrimination Toward Migrants During Crises
How do crises shape native attitudes towards migrants A common threat could pro-duce an empathy channel among natives, but the perception of competition for scarce economic resources could just as easily spark prejudice through a resentment channel...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2022
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099559306152231470/IDU0f2b0930f0780e040bc0a656083099b5a8d0a http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37569 |
| Summary: | How do crises shape native attitudes
towards migrants A common threat could pro-duce an empathy
channel among natives, but the perception of competition for
scarce economic resources could just as easily spark
prejudice through a resentment channel. 3,400 Colombian
citizens were surveyed and randomly primed to consider the
economic consequences of COVID-19 before eliciting their
attitudes towards Venezuelan migrants. The findings suggest
that native attitudes towards migrants are substantially
more suggestive of the resentment channel in the treatment
group. However, respondents in the so-called impressionable
years—ages 18 to 25—showed more altruism towards migrants
after priming. Interestingly, both effects disappear in
response to positive news. |
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