Covid-19 crisis and hostility against foreigners

Kód výsledku v 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>

Nalezeny alternativní kódy

RIV/67985998:_____/21:00544506 RIV/00216208:11230/21:10429596

Výsledek na webu

<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>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Covid-19 crisis and hostility against foreigners

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

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.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Covid-19 crisis and hostility against foreigners

Popis výsledku anglicky

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.

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J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50202 - Applied Economics, Econometrics

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2021

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

European Economic Review

ISSN

0014-2921

e-ISSN

1873-572X

Svazek periodika

137

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

August

Stát vydavatele periodika

NL - Nizozemsko

Počet stran výsledku

11

Strana od-do

103818

Kód UT WoS článku

000672691700001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85112123861