TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Giesing, Yvonne
AU  - Kauder, Björn
AU  - Mergele, Lukas
AU  - Potrafke, Niklas
AU  - Poutvaara, Panu
        TI  - Moving Out of the Comfort Zone: How Cultural Norms Affect Attitudes toward Immigration
        PY  - 2024/Feb/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 16833
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp16833
        AB  - We examine how cultural norms shape attitudes toward immigration. Our causal identification relies on comparing students who moved across the East-West border after German reunification with students who moved within former East Germany. Students who moved from East to West became more positive toward immigration. Results are confirmed among students whose move was plausibly exogenous due to national study place allocation mechanisms. Evidence supports horizontal transmission as the difference between East-West movers and East-East movers increases over time and is driven by East German students who often interacted with fellow students. Effects are stronger in less xenophobic West German regions.
        KW  - cultural transmission
KW  - migration
KW  - attitudes toward immigration
KW  - German division and unification
KW  - political socialization
        ER  -