Welcome to the Punch. Local exposure to refugees and hate events in Italy-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Welcome to the Punch. Local exposure to refugees and hate events in Italy

Published:2023-09-27 Issue: Volume: Page:
ISSN:0570-1864
Container-title:The Annals of Regional Science
language:en
Short-container-title:Ann Reg Sci

Author:

Denti Daria^ORCID,Faggian Alessandra^ORCID

Abstract

AbstractWhich are the effects of hosting refugees on hate events, the most extreme acts against minorities? While growing research considers the link between refugees and voting behaviors, little is known about the influence of refugee reception on radicalization of anti-immigrant attitudes. Exploiting a novel database on geotagged hate events in Italy and the geography of refugee hosting centers, this paper provides novel evidence on the effect of exposure to refugees on hate in Italian provinces. Using instrumental variable estimation, we show that provinces with bigger refugee hosting capacity experienced higher incidence of hate.

Funder

Gran Sasso Science Institute - GSSI

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Subject

General Social Sciences,General Environmental Science

Link

https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s00168-023-01247-w.pdf

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