Information, perceived education level, and attitudes toward refugees: Evidence from a randomized survey experiment

From 2014 onwards, Europe has witnessed an unprecedented influx of refugees. We conducted a survey experiment with almost 5,000 university students in Germany in which we randomly shifted the perception of refugees’ education level through information provision. We find that the perceived education level significantly affects respondents’ concerns regarding labor market competition, but these concerns do not translate into general attitudes toward refugees.

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Year of publication:	2017
Authors:	Simon, Lisa ; Piopiunik, Marc ; Lergetporer, Philipp
Publisher:	Kiel, Hamburg : ZBW - Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft

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Series:	Beiträge zur Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik 2017: Alternative Geld- und Finanzarchitekturen - Session: Postersession ; P00-V13
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Conference Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	hdl:10419/168280 [Handle] RePEc:zbw:vfsc17:168280 [RePEc]
Classification:	h12 ; H53 - Government Expenditures and Welfare Programs ; I38 - Government Policy; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs ; D83 - Search, Learning, Information and Knowledge ; D72 - Economic Models of Political Processes: Rent-Seeking, Elections, Legistures, and Voting Behavior ; P16 - Political Economy
Source:	EconStor

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