Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/296575 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Series/Report no.: 
Working Papers in Economics and Statistics No. 2024-06
Publisher: 
University of Innsbruck, Research Platform Empirical and Experimental Economics (eeecon), Innsbruck
Abstract: 
We present representative evidence of discrimination against migrants through an incentivized choice experiment with over 2,000 participants. Decision makers allocate a fixed endowment between two receivers. To measure discrimination, we randomly vary receivers' migration background and other attributes, including education, gender, and age. We find that discrimination against migrants by the general population is both widespread and substantial. Our causal moderation analysis shows that migrants with higher education and female migrants experience significantly less discrimination. Discrimination is more pronounced among decision makers who are male, non-migrants, have right-wing political preferences, and live in regions with lower migrant shares.
Subjects: 
discrimination
representative sample
migration
experiment
JEL: 
C91
C93
J15
D90
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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