Journal
JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ECONOMICS
Volume 165, Issue -, Pages 160-169Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2018.07.013
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Immigration; Public good; Endogenous groups; Voting; Experiment
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- Department of Economics at the University of Hamburg
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We examine determinants of immigration requirements in a public goods game experiment with endogenous groups. Initially, the game consists of in-group players who enjoy an existing public good and out-group players who may subsequently enter the group. Motivated by different current migration flows and anti-immigration sentiments, our treatments are crafted to investigate how migrants' power of self-determination and public debate among in-group players shape immigration requirements. We employ the minimal group paradigm and immigration requirements are set by in-group voting. In order to immigrate, out-group players have to fulfill minimal contribution requirements. Public debate fosters coherence between the requirements and in-group players' contributions if migrants are free to reject requirements. Conversely, public debate among in-group players fosters economic exploitation of migrants with less bargaining power. Overall the study illustrates the novel potential of applying well-established tools from experimental economics to migration questions. (C) 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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