Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/223779 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 13337
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
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.
Subjects: 
discrimination
refugees
children
experiment
integration
JEL: 
C91
D90
J15
C93
J13
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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