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Kuntz, Anabel, Davidov, Eldad and Semyonov, Moshe ORCID: 0000-0001-8794-6322 (2017). The dynamic relations between economic conditions and anti-immigrant sentiment: A natural experiment in times of the European economic crisis. Int. J. Comp. Sociol., 58 (5). S. 392 - 416. THOUSAND OAKS: SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC. ISSN 1745-2554

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Abstract

Theories on intergroup relations suggest that negative attitudes toward immigrants tend to rise when economic conditions deteriorate. However, these arguments were mostly tested during times of economic prosperity in Europe. We put this theoretical expectation to test by analyzing two rounds of the European Social Survey (ESS) with data from 14 West European immigration countries before (2006) and after (2010) the peak of the European economic crisis. Results show that anti-immigrant sentiments increased in countries where perceptions of economic insecurity also increased. Anti-immigrant sentiments decreased in countries where perceptions of economic insecurity declined. In contrast, changes in objective economic conditions (i.e. unemployment rates) during the same period of time did not display the expected effects in a similarly robust way.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Kuntz, Anabel UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Davidov, Eldad UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Semyonov, Moshe UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0001-8794-6322 UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-215517
DOI:	10.1177/0020715217690434
Journal or Publication Title:	Int. J. Comp. Sociol.
Volume:	58
Number:	5
Page Range:	S. 392 - 416
Date:	2017
Publisher:	SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
Place of Publication:	THOUSAND OAKS
ISSN:	1745-2554
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language PERCEIVED GROUP THREAT; INTERGROUP CONTACT THEORY; SOCIAL SURVEY EXACT; MEASUREMENT EQUIVALENCE; FOREIGNER SENTIMENT; INDIVIDUAL-VALUES; PUBLIC-ATTITUDES; 20 COUNTRIES; PREJUDICE; SIZE Multiple languages Sociology Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/21551