This paper addresses the potentially causal link between native attitudes and migrants' intended duration of stay. We exploit the variation in perceived anti-immigrant sentiments using information on the media exposure of Romanian migrants in Italy. A unique shock in public attitudes towards...

This paper addresses the link between native attitudes and return migration. We exploit the variation in xenophobia using information on media consumption by migrants in Italy. A widely documented crime provides a quasi-experimental setting to identify the impact of Italian attitudes on...

Der vorliegende Beitrag beginnt mit einer Darstellung der Mechanismen der Selbstselektion von Migranten, da diese weitreichende Konsequenzen auf das bestehende Angebot an Migranten haben. Anschließend werden verschiedene Auswahlinstrumente dargestellt, anhand derer eine gezielte Steuerung der...