TY - JOUR
T1 - Did the escalation of the financial crisis of 2008 affect the perception of immigration-related threats? A natural experiment.
AU - Valentova, Marie
AU - Callens, Marie-sophie
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Fonds National de la Recherche of Luxembourg with an AFR PhD grant [PDR no. 1326209] to the second author.
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - In this paper, we apply a natural experiment approach, comparing specific data from the European Values Study prior to and after the escalation of the financial crisis in 2008. The aim is to disentangle the short-term effect of the crisis on the relationship between social vulnerability and immigrant-related threat perceptions for the residents of Luxembourg (natives and foreign nationals). Propensity score matching is used to ensure the balanced composition of the control group and treated group with regard to the observed covariates. The results reveal that vulnerable foreign nationals demonstrated lower perceptions of immigration-related threats after the escalation of the crisis than their pre-crisis counterparts. No significant effect of the escalation of the crisis was found among Luxembourg nationals.
AB - In this paper, we apply a natural experiment approach, comparing specific data from the European Values Study prior to and after the escalation of the financial crisis in 2008. The aim is to disentangle the short-term effect of the crisis on the relationship between social vulnerability and immigrant-related threat perceptions for the residents of Luxembourg (natives and foreign nationals). Propensity score matching is used to ensure the balanced composition of the control group and treated group with regard to the observed covariates. The results reveal that vulnerable foreign nationals demonstrated lower perceptions of immigration-related threats after the escalation of the crisis than their pre-crisis counterparts. No significant effect of the escalation of the crisis was found among Luxembourg nationals.
KW - immigration-related threat
KW - natural experiment
KW - social vulnerability
UR - http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1369183X.2017.1329650
UR - https://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85019586621&origin=inward&txGid=37cf3cb206287b1ba316ffa9d28379c5
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2017.1329650
DO - https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2017.1329650
M3 - Article
SN - 1369-183X
VL - 44
SP - 439
EP - 461
JO - Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
JF - Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
IS - 3
ER -