Artikel

Discrimination, Narratives and Family History: An Experiment with Jordanian Host and Syrian Refugee Children

We measure the prevalence of discrimination between Jordanian host and Syrian refugee children attending school in Jordan. Using a simple sharing experiment, we find only a small degree of out-group discrimination. However, Jordanian children with Palestinian roots do not discriminate at all, suggesting that a family history of refugee status can generate solidarity with new refugees. We also find that parents’ narratives about the refugee crisis are correlated with their children's degree of out-group discrimination, particularly among Syrian refugee children, suggesting that discriminatory preferences are being transmitted through parental attitudes.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Journal: The Review of Economics and Statistics ; ISSN: 1530-9142 ; Year: 2021 ; Issue: Online Early ; Pages: 1-34 ; Cambridge, MA: MIT Press

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Design of Experiments: Laboratory, Individual
Micro-Based Behavioral Economics: General‡
Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
Field Experiments
Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
Thema
discrimination
refugees
children
narratives
experiment
integration

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Barron, Kai
Harmgart, Heike
Huck, Steffen
Schneider, Sebastian O.
Sutter, Matthias
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
MIT Press
(wo)
Cambridge, MA
(wann)
2021

DOI
doi:10.1162/rest_a_01090
Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Artikel

Beteiligte

  • Barron, Kai
  • Harmgart, Heike
  • Huck, Steffen
  • Schneider, Sebastian O.
  • Sutter, Matthias
  • MIT Press

Entstanden

  • 2021

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