From welcome culture to welcome limits? Uncovering preference changes over time for sheltering refugees in Germany.

ABSTRACT: Europe recently experienced a large influx of refugees, spurring much public debate about the admission and integration of refugees and migrants into society. Previous research based on cross-sectional data found that European citizens generally favour asylum seekers with high employability, severe vulnerabilities, and Christians over Muslims. These preferences and attitudes were found to be homogeneous across countries and socio-demographic groups. Here, we do not study the general acceptance of asylum seekers, but the acceptance of refugee and migrant homes in citizens' vicinity and how it changes over time. Based on a repeated stated choice experiment on preferences for refugee and migrant homes, we show that the initially promoted "welcome culture" towards refugees in Germany was not r

SUBMITTER: Liebe U 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6070168 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature