Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/282496 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 10808
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
We examine the relationship between beliefs about and attitudes towards immigrants and intergroup contact between natives and migrants in eastern Germany, a region characterized by anti-immigrant sentiment. Using probability-based survey data, we randomly vary respondents' access to a signal about the true size of the immigrant population in the region. Respondents who receive the signal show more supportive attitudes toward immigration, with effect sizes being more pronounced for attitudes toward high-skilled immigrants. Importantly, estimating conditional average treatment effects shows that respondents who have less contact with immigrants prior to our intervention respond more strongly to the treatment. Additional findings suggest that the level of intergroup contact and biased beliefs about immigrants are complementary targets for information campaigns on immigration.
Subjects: 
beliefs about immigrants
immigration attitudes
intergroup contact
information campaign
JEL: 
C90
D83
F22
J15
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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