{"id":9310,"date":"2023-03-28T11:57:56","date_gmt":"2023-03-28T09:57:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/fr\/events\/lunchseminar-in-economics-political-backlash-to-refugee-settlement-cultural-and-economic-drivers\/"},"modified":"2023-03-28T11:57:56","modified_gmt":"2023-03-28T09:57:56","slug":"lunchseminar-in-economics-political-backlash-to-refugee-settlement-cultural-and-economic-drivers","status":"publish","type":"events","link":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/fr\/events\/lunchseminar-in-economics-political-backlash-to-refugee-settlement-cultural-and-economic-drivers\/","title":{"rendered":"Lunchseminar in Economics : Political Backlash to Refugee Settlement &#8211; Cultural and Economic Drivers"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-free-section section\"><div class=\"container xl:max-w-screen-xl\"><p><\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-dev4-reusable-blocks-image  object-fit--contain\">\n    \n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-block-image unilux-custom-image-block\"\n                alt=\"\"\n            src=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/01\/fnr_logo_colour_fr_s-7.jpg\"\n                srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/01\/fnr_logo_colour_fr_s-7-300x61.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/01\/fnr_logo_colour_fr_s-7.jpg 535w\"\n                style=\"object-position: 50.00% 50.00%; font-family: &quot;object-fit: contain; object-position: 50.00% 50.00%;&quot;; aspect-ratio: 16\/9; object-fit: contain; width: 100%;\"\n        loading=\"lazy\"\n\/>    <\/figure><p>Supported by the Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR) 17539924<\/p><p><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-unilux-blocks-heading\"        id=\"abstract\"\n    >\nAbstract<\/h3>\n<p>The 2015 refugee crisis in Europe fueled anti-immigration sentiments in receiving areas, with potential unintended consequences for refugee integration. We investigate the heterogeneity of political backlash across Italian municipalities in the aftermath of the crisis and assess the role played by local conditions at the time of refugees\u2019 settlement, distinguishing between economic and cultural factors, including social capital and intergroup interactions. By leveraging the quasi-random municipality assignment of refugees and using causal forests, we find that the impact of refugee exposure on anti-immigration backlash is significantly higher in more affluent areas, with more bonding social capital. The opposite holds in contexts where there is meaningful intergroup contact with former immigrants (e.g mixed marriages). 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