@article{216,
  keywords = {contact hypothesis, immigrants, welfare state},
  author = {Henning Finseraas and Andreas Kotsadam},
  title = {Does personal contact with ethnic minorities affect anti-immigrant sentiments? Evidence from a field experiment},
  abstract = {<p>This article explores the causal effect of\&nbsp;personal\&nbsp;contact\&nbsp;with\&nbsp;ethnic\&nbsp;minorities\&nbsp;on majority members{\textquoteright} views on immigration, immigrants{\textquoteright} work ethics, and support for lower social assistance benefits to immigrants than to natives. Exogenous variation in\&nbsp;personal\&nbsp;contact\&nbsp;is obtained by randomising soldiers into different rooms during the basic training period for conscripts in the Norwegian Army{\textquoteright}s North Brigade. Based on\&nbsp;contact\&nbsp;theory of majority{\textendash}minority\&nbsp;relations, the study spells out why the army can be regarded as an ideal contextual setting for exposure to reduce negative views on\&nbsp;minorities. The study finds a substantive effect of\&nbsp;contact\&nbsp;on views on immigrants{\textquoteright} work ethics, but small and insignificant effects on support for welfare dualism, as well as on views on whether immigration makes Norway a better place in which to live. {\textcopyright} 2017 European Consortium for Political Research</p>
},
  year = {2017},
  journal = {European Journal of Political Research},
  volume = {56},
  number = {3},
  pages = {703{\textendash}722},
  publisher = {Wiley},
  url = {https://samfunnsforskning.brage.unit.no/samfunnsforskning-xmlui/bitstream/handle/11250/2470080/final_contact_ejpr.pdf?sequence=4},
  doi = {10.1111/1475-6765.12199},
}