No sign of increased ethnic discrimination during a crisis: evidence from the Covid-19 pandemic

IF 3.2 2区经济学 Q1 ECONOMICS Socio-Economic Review Pub Date : 2023-01-17 DOI:10.1093/ser/mwac069

Daniel Auer, Didier Ruedin, Eva Van Belle

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Abstract

Abstract When crises hit, social theory predicts increased hostility toward immigrants. We exploit the Covid-19 pandemic as a unique exogenous crisis and examine whether discrimination increased in its wake. Repeating a field experiment in the Swiss housing market in 2018 and 2020, we find no evidence of increased discrimination against the most important immigrant groups in Switzerland. Contrarily, when uncertainty dominates the market, proprietors appear to change their selection behavior by substituting signals of ethnicity for other markers of solvency and reliability and, consequently, invitation rates for immigrants increase relative to native house-hunters. We conclude that crises do not necessarily increase discriminatory behavior in market situations.

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危机期间没有族裔歧视加剧的迹象:来自Covid-19大流行的证据

当危机袭来时，社会理论预测对移民的敌意会增加。我们将2019冠状病毒病大流行视为一场独特的外源性危机，并研究歧视是否随之加剧。我们于2018年和2020年在瑞士房地产市场重复了一项实地实验，发现没有证据表明对瑞士最重要的移民群体的歧视有所增加。相反，当不确定性占据市场主导地位时，业主似乎会改变他们的选择行为，用种族信号代替其他偿付能力和可靠性标志，因此，邀请移民的比率相对于本地购房者会增加。我们的结论是，危机并不一定会增加市场环境中的歧视行为。

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