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

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Kai Barron

WZB Berlin Social Science Center

Heike Harmgart

Humboldt Universitat zu Berlin

Steffen Huck

Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB)

Sebastian O. Schneider

Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods

Matthias Sutter

Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods

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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.

Keywords: integration, experiment, children, refugees, discrimination

JEL Classification: C91, D90, J15, C93, J13

Suggested Citation

Barron, Kai and Harmgart, Heike and Huck, Steffen and Schneider, Sebastian O. and Sutter, Matthias, Discrimination, Narratives and Family History: An Experiment with Jordanian Host and Syrian Refugee Children. IZA Discussion Paper No. 13337, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3627037 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3627037

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Heike Harmgart

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Steffen Huck

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Sebastian O. Schneider

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Matthias Sutter

Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods ( email )

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D-53113 Bonn, 53113
Germany

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