TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Coulon, Augustin de
AU  - Radu, Dragos
AU  - Steinhardt, Max F.
        TI  - Pane e Cioccolata: The Impact of Native Attitudes on Return Migration
        PY  - 2015/Feb/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 8845
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp8845
        AB  - This paper addresses the link between native attitudes and return migration. We exploit the variation in xenophobia using information on media consumption by migrants in Italy. A widely documented crime provides a quasi-experimental setting to identify the impact of Italian attitudes on migrants' settlement intentions. Our results suggest a significant effect of anti-immigrant attitudes on the intended duration of stay in the host country. The impact is more pronounced for low-skilled migrants, which has consequences for how migration affects the long run convergence between sending and destination countries.
        KW  - media consumption
KW  - native attitudes
KW  - return migration
        ER  -