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Does Education Affect Attitudes towards Immigration? Evidence from Germany

Shushanik Margaryan, Annemarie Paul and Thomas Siedler
Published online before print August 06, 2019, 0318-9372R1; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.56.2.0318-9372R1
Shushanik Margaryan
Department of Economics at the Universität Hamburg.
Roles: doctoral student
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Annemarie Paul
Department of Economics at the Universität Hamburg.
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Thomas Siedler
Department of Economics at the Universität Hamburg, and is also affiliated with DIW Berlin and IZA.
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Abstract

Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel and exploiting the staggered implementation of a compulsory schooling reform in West Germany, this article finds that an additional year of schooling lowers the probability of being very concerned about immigration to Germany by around six percentage points (20 percent). Furthermore, our findings imply significant spillovers from maternal education to immigration attitudes of her offspring. While we find no evidence for returns to education within a range of labor market outcomes, higher social trust appears to be an important mechanism behind our findings.

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  • I26
  • J15
  • J62
Keywords
  • attitudes towards immigration
  • intergenerational effects
  • schooling
  • externalities
  • instrumental variables estimation

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Shushanik Margaryan, Annemarie Paul, Thomas Siedler
Journal of Human Resources Aug 2019, 0318-9372R1; DOI: 10.3368/jhr.56.2.0318-9372R1

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Shushanik Margaryan, Annemarie Paul, Thomas Siedler
Journal of Human Resources Aug 2019, 0318-9372R1; DOI: 10.3368/jhr.56.2.0318-9372R1
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