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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 if the over-performance of high-migrant football national teams is able to affect migrant perception. Comparing respondents interviewed shortly before with others interviewed shortly after a match, we show that victories in qualifying matches for high-stakes international competitions are associated with significantly more positive feelings toward non-E.U. migrants for women. Using a triple difference methodology, we show that high-migrant over-performers experienced a significant increase in positive feelings towards non-E.U. migrants post 2018 FIFA world cup. In both cases, we do not observe any increase in proxies for national pride or views of E.U. migrants.
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Thiago de Lucena, San Diego State University
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Giuseppe Ippedico, University of California, Davis
Football and Anti-migration Sentiment: Evidence from the FIFA World Cup
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Session: [066] INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION AND IMMIGRANT INTEGRATION Date: 7/3/2023 Time: 8:15 AM to 10:00 AM