Welcome to the Punch. Local exposure to refugees and hate events in Italy

Daria Denti and Alessandra Faggian

No 2022-10, Discussion Paper series in Regional Science & Economic Geography from Gran Sasso Science Institute, Social Sciences

Abstract: Which are the effects of hosting refugees on hate events, the most extreme acts against minorities? While growing research considers the link between refugees and voting behaviors, little is known about the influence of refugee reception on radicalization of anti-immigrant attitudes. Exploiting a novel database on geotagged hate events in Italy and the geography of refugee hosting centers, this paper provides novel evidence on the effect of exposure to refugees on hate in Italian provinces. Using instrumental variable estimation, we show that provinces with bigger refugee hosting capacity experienced higher incidence of hate

Keywords: immigration; refugee crisis; hate; Italy; proximity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D74 F22 J15 P16 R23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 29 pages
Date: 2022-12, Revised 2024-10
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