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Discrimination, refugees, children, experiment, integration
JEL:
C91 - Laboratory, Individual Behavior
JEL:
D90 - General
JEL:
J15 - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
JEL:
C93 - Field Experiments
JEL:
J13 - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
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 little discrimination. Among the Jordanian children, however, we see that those who descended from Palestinian refugees 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 the degree of discrimination, suggesting that discriminatory preferences are being transmitted through parental attitudes.
