Information, perceived education level, and attitudes toward refugees: Evidence from a randomized survey experiment

Lisa Simon, Marc Piopiunik and Philipp Lergetporer

VfS Annual Conference 2017 (Vienna): Alternative Structures for Money and Banking from Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association

Abstract: From 2014 onwards, Europe has witnessed an unprecedented influx of refugees. We conducted a survey experiment with almost 5,000 university students in Germany in which we randomly shifted the perception of refugees’ education level through information provision. We find that the perceived education level significantly affects respondents’ concerns regarding labor market competition, but these concerns do not translate into general attitudes toward refugees.

JEL-codes: D72 D83 H12 H53 I38 P16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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