Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/265523 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Citation: 
[Journal:] The Review of Economics and Statistics [ISSN:] 1530-9142 [Issue:] Online Early [Publisher:] MIT Press [Place:] Cambridge, MA [Year:] 2021 [Pages:] 1-34
Publisher: 
MIT Press, Cambridge, MA
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 a small degree of out-group discrimination. However, Jordanian children with Palestinian roots 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 their children's degree of out-group discrimination, particularly among Syrian refugee children, suggesting that discriminatory preferences are being transmitted through parental attitudes.
Subjects: 
discrimination
refugees
children
narratives
experiment
integration
JEL: 
C91
D90
J15
C93
J13
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Document Type: 
Article
Document Version: 
Published Version

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