Covid-19 crisis and hostility against foreigners
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11640%2F21%3A00553112" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11640/21:00553112 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/67985998:_____/21:00544506 RIV/00216208:11230/21:10429596
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2021.103818" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2021.103818</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2021.103818" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.euroecorev.2021.103818</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Covid-19 crisis and hostility against foreigners
Original language description
Harmful behavior against out-group members often rises during periods of economic hardship and health pandemics. Here, we test the widespread concern that the Covid-19 crisis may fuel hostility against people from other nations. Using a controlled money-burning task, we elicited hostile behavior among a nationally representative sample (n = 2,186) in the Czech Republic during the first wave of the pandemic. We provide evidence that exogenously elevating the salience of the Covid-19 crisis increases hostility against foreigners from the EU, USA and Asia. This behavioral response is similar across various demographic sub-groups. Further, we observe zero to small negative effects for both domestic out-groups and in-groups, suggesting that the salience of Covid-19 might negatively affect behavior not only towards foreigners but to other people more generally, though these findings are not conclusive. The results underscore the importance of not inflaming anti-foreigner sentiments and suggest the need to monitor impacts of the crisis on behavior in the social domain.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50202 - Applied Economics, Econometrics
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2021
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
European Economic Review
ISSN
0014-2921
e-ISSN
1873-572X
Volume of the periodical
137
Issue of the periodical within the volume
August
Country of publishing house
NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS
Number of pages
11
Pages from-to
103818
UT code for WoS article
000672691700001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85112123861