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The Immigrant Next Door

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  • Leonardo Bursztyn

    (University of Chicago, NBER - The National Bureau of Economic Research)

  • Thomas Chaney

    (USC - University of Southern California, ECON - Département d'économie (Sciences Po) - Sciences Po - Sciences Po - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, CEPR - Center for Economic Policy Research)

  • Tarek A Hassan

    (BU - Boston University [Boston], NBER - The National Bureau of Economic Research, CEPR - Center for Economic Policy Research)

  • Aakaash Rao

    (Harvard University)

Abstract

We study how the presence of individuals of a given foreign descent shapes natives' attitudes and behavior toward that group. Using individualized donations data from large charitable organizations, we show that the long-term presence of a given foreign ancestry in a US county leads to more generous behavior specifically toward that group's ancestral country. To shed light on mechanisms, we focus on attitudes and behavior toward Arab-Muslims, combining several existing large-scale surveys, cross-county data on implicit prejudice, and a newly-collected national survey. We show the presence of a larger Arab-Muslim population: (i) decreases both natives' explicit and implicit prejudice against Arab-Muslims, (ii) reduces natives' support for policies and political candidates hostile toward Arab-Muslims, (iii) leads to more personal contact between natives and Arab-Muslim individuals, and (iv) increases natives' knowledge of Arab-Muslims and Islam.

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  • Leonardo Bursztyn & Thomas Chaney & Tarek A Hassan & Aakaash Rao, 2024. "The Immigrant Next Door," Post-Print hal-04900080, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-04900080
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