Does the internet change attitudes towards immigrants? Evidence from Spain
| dc.contributor.author | Romarri, Alessio | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-07-24T21:17:04Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-07-24T21:17:04Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2020 | |
| dc.description.abstract | In this paper, I empirically evaluate the effect of exposure to the Internet on Spanish attitudes towards immigrants. Exploiting a confidential, innovative survey dataset, I am able to identify a relationship between Internet access and attitudes towards immigrants at the micro (municipal) level. I address the endogeneity of Internet availability by looking at pre-existing voice telecommunication characteristics and using outcome variables before and after the arrival of the Internet. Results show that Internet availability between 2008 and 2012 is associated with a better knowledge of (national) immigration dynamics and that it leads to an overall improvement in attitudes towards immigrants. This result is particularly strong among young and urban individuals. Additionally, I find that access to the Internet reduces political support for the Partido Popular, Spain’s traditional right-wing party. | ca |
| dc.format.extent | 60 p. | |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2445/169445 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | ca |
| dc.publisher | Institut d’Economia de Barcelona | ca |
| dc.relation.isformatof | Reproducció del document publicat a: https://ieb.ub.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Doc2020-04-1.pdf | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | IEB Working Paper 2020/04 | |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | [WP E-IEB20/04] | |
| dc.rights | cc-by-nc-nd, (c) Romarri, 2020 | |
| dc.rights.accessRights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | ca |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/ | * |
| dc.source | IEB (Institut d’Economia de Barcelona) – Working Papers | |
| dc.subject.classification | Internet | cat |
| dc.subject.classification | Migració (Població) | cat |
| dc.subject.other | Internet | eng |
| dc.subject.other | Emigration and immigration | eng |
| dc.title | Does the internet change attitudes towards immigrants? Evidence from Spain | ca |
| dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/workingPaper | ca |
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