Disentangling aporophobia from xenophobia in the EU-15

Octasiano M. Valerio Mendoza, Flavio Comim and Mihály Borsi

Regional Studies, 2024, vol. 58, issue 5, 909-921

Abstract: This paper analyses whether the human capital levels embodied in immigrants can explain xenophobic trends for 126 regions in 14 EU-15 countries from 1998 to 2018. It tests if xenophobic regions may be rejecting immigrants because they are poor, a phenomenon recently defined as ‘aporophobia’. The results indicate that larger inflows of low-educated immigrants working in low-skilled occupations are significantly correlated with a higher rejection of migrants, thus confirming the aporophobia hypothesis. The findings in this paper bring light to the discussion of a powerful concept which underpins the need for a more just society.

Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2023.2266474

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