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来源类型 | Discussion paper |
规范类型 | 论文 |
来源ID | DP14590 |
DP14590 Changing In-Group Boundaries: The Effect of Immigration on Race Relations in the US | |
Vasiliki Fouka; Soumyajit Mazumder; Marco Tabellini | |
发表日期 | 2020-04-09 |
出版年 | 2020 |
语种 | 英语 |
摘要 | How do social group boundaries evolve? Does the appearance of a new out-group change the in-group’s perceptions of other out-groups? We introduce a conceptual framework of context-dependent categorization, in which exposure to one minority leads to recategorization of other minorities when the former is perceived as more distant than the latter. We test this framework by studying how Mexican immigration to the US affected whites’ attitudes and behaviors towards African Americans. We combine survey and crime data with a difference-in-differences design and an instrumental variables strategy. Consistent with the theory, Mexican immigration improves whites’ attitudes towards blacks, increases support for pro-black government policies and lowers anti-black hate crimes, while simultaneously increasing prejudice against Hispanics. Immigration of groups perceived as less distant than blacks does not have similar effects. Our findings imply that changes in the size of one group can affect the entire web of inter-group relations in diverse societies. |
主题 | Labour Economics ; Public Economics |
关键词 | Immigration Race In-group--out-group relations |
URL | https://cepr.org/publications/dp14590 |
来源智库 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom) |
资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/543498 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Vasiliki Fouka,Soumyajit Mazumder,Marco Tabellini. DP14590 Changing In-Group Boundaries: The Effect of Immigration on Race Relations in the US. 2020. |
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