Pane E Cioccolata: The Impact of Native Attitudes on Return Migration

30 Pages Posted: 14 Feb 2015

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Augustin de Coulon

King's College, London; Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE); Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA); University of London - Institute of Education

Dragos Radu

King’s College London; Hamburg Institute of International Economics (HWWI)

Max Friedrich Steinhardt

Free University of Berlin (FUB) - Department of Business and Economics; IZA Institute of Labor Economics; Centro Studi Luca D'Agliano (LdA); Hamburg Institute of International Economics (HWWI)

Abstract

This paper addresses the link between native attitudes and return migration. We exploit the variation in xenophobia using information on media consumption by migrants in Italy. A widely documented crime provides a quasi-experimental setting to identify the impact of Italian attitudes on migrants' settlement intentions. Our results suggest a significant effect of anti-immigrant attitudes on the intended duration of stay in the host country. The impact is more pronounced for low-skilled migrants, which has consequences for how migration affects the long run convergence between sending and destination countries.

Keywords: return migration, native attitudes, media consumption

JEL Classification: F22, J61

Suggested Citation

de Coulon, Augustin and Radu, Dragos and Steinhardt, Max Friedrich, Pane E Cioccolata: The Impact of Native Attitudes on Return Migration. IZA Discussion Paper No. 8845, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2564978 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2564978

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