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, 34 pages

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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