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Do xenophobic attitudes influence migrant workers' regional location choice?
Tanja Buch1, Carola Burkert2, Stefan Hell3
1Institute for Employment Research, IAB Nord, Kiel, Germany.
Plos One
|February 5, 2025
Summary
Xenophobic attitudes in Germany, measured by right-wing party votes and violence, reduce regional labor immigration. The impact is clearer for party support than violence, especially for low-skilled workers.
Area of Science:
- Socioeconomic impacts of migration
- Political science and public policy
Background:
- Understanding factors influencing migrant settlement patterns is crucial for integration policies.
- Xenophobic attitudes and violence are potential barriers to immigration in host countries.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the impact of xenophobic attitudes on migrants' residential choices in Germany.
- To differentiate the effects of right-wing party support versus xenophobic violence.
Main Methods:
- Analysis of unique panel data from 2004 to 2017.
- Application of fixed effects regression models and instrumental variable estimation.
Main Results:
- Xenophobic attitudes significantly reduce regional labor immigration.
- The effect of right-wing party support is more robust than xenophobic violence.
- Adverse effects intensify with larger coethnic communities.
- Heterogeneous effects observed across skill groups, with skilled workers more sensitive to violence and low-skilled to party votes.
Conclusions:
- Xenophobic attitudes act as a deterrent to labor immigration in Germany.
- Policy implications for migrant integration and anti-discrimination measures.
- Further research needed to clarify skill-specific impacts.
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