Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/248856 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
ZEW Discussion Papers No. 21-102
Publisher: 
ZEW - Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung, Mannheim
Abstract: 
How did the large asylum-seeker inflow to Germany in 2015 affect concerns about immigration? Using individual-level panel data for the years 2012-2018, I show that after 2015 concerns about immigration increased by about 21 pp. and support for extreme right-wing parties by about 1.7 pp. These trends show considerable heterogeneity for different demographic groups. Using a policy that allocates asylum- seekers to districts I identify the effect of exposure to asylum-seekers. In line with the contact hypothesis, living in a high refugee migration district reduced concerns about immigration by 3 pp. The effect appears larger for right- leaning respondents but is otherwise similar across demographic groups.
Subjects: 
immigration
refugees
attitudes
concerns about immigration
JEL: 
J15
D72
P16
R23
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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