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Football and Anti-migration Sentiment: Evidence from the FIFA World Cup

Natives are often misinformed about immigrants’ characteristics, underestimating the positive potential labor market impacts of their presence and overestimating the cultural differences between both.We investigate whether nationally televised sports influence natives' perceptions of immigrants in European countries. Using a triple-difference strategy comparing over- versus under-performing teams, in countries with high...

Presented by: Giuseppe Ippedico (University of Nottingham)

Venue: Online