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

EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, 2021, issue Online Early, 1-34

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.

Keywords: discrimination; refugees; children; narratives; experiment; integration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C91 C93 D90 J13 J15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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Journal Article: Discrimination, Narratives, and Family History: An Experiment with Jordanian Host and Syrian Refugee Children (2023)
Working Paper: Discrimination, narratives and family history: An experiment with Jordanian host and Syrian refugee children (2020)
Working Paper: Discrimination, Narratives and Family History: An Experiment with Jordanian Host and Syrian Refugee Children (2020)
Working Paper: Discrimination, narratives and family history: An experiment with Jordanian host and Syrian refugee children (2020)
Working Paper: Discrimination, narratives and family history: An experiment with Jordanian host and Syrian refugee children (2020)
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DOI: 10.1162/rest_a_01090

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