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

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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 little discrimination. Among the Jordanian children, however, we see that those who descended from Palestinian refugees 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 the degree of discrimination, suggesting that discriminatory preferences are being transmitted through parental attitudes.

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• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 13337

Klassifikation und Themen

• 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 ; experiment ; integration

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Barron, Kai ; Harmgart, Heike ; Huck, Steffen ; Schneider, Sebastian ; Sutter, Matthias
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
• (wo): Bonn
• (wann): 2020

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/223779
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:45 MEZ