Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/236350 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 14319
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
How are natives' attitudes towards migrants shaped by economic crises? Natives could show more empathy towards migrants as everyone faces a common threat. Alternatively, natives' prejudice could rise as competition for scarce economic opportunities increases. We conduct an online survey to 3,400 Colombian citizens and randomly prime half of them to think about the economic consequences of COVID-19, before eliciting their altruism and attitudes towards Venezuelan forced migrants. We find that natives' attitudes towards migrants are substantially more negative in the treatment relative to the control group. Individuals ages 18 to 25 years, however, respond by showing more altruism.
Subjects: 
migration
COVID-19
attitudes
priming
altruism
JEL: 
D72
F2
O15
R23
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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