Discrimination, Narratives, and Family History: An Experiment with Jordanian Host and Syrian Refugee Children

Kai Barron, Heike Harmgart, Steffen Huck, Sebastian Schneider and Matthias Sutter
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Heike Harmgart: European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and WZB Berlin

The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2023, vol. 105, issue 4, 1008-1016

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.

Date: 2023
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