Replication Data for: No country for asylum seekers? How short-term exposure to refugees influences attitudes and voting behavior in Hungary (doi:10.7910/DVN/0BLAWN)

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Document Description

Citation

Title:

Replication Data for: No country for asylum seekers? How short-term exposure to refugees influences attitudes and voting behavior in Hungary

Identification Number:

doi:10.7910/DVN/0BLAWN

Distributor:

Harvard Dataverse

Date of Distribution:

2021-01-04

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1

Bibliographic Citation:

Wachs, Johannes, 2021, "Replication Data for: No country for asylum seekers? How short-term exposure to refugees influences attitudes and voting behavior in Hungary", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/0BLAWN, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:VNo7s20NWlEjuU3aHpIUkg== [fileUNF]

Study Description

Citation

Title:

Replication Data for: No country for asylum seekers? How short-term exposure to refugees influences attitudes and voting behavior in Hungary

Identification Number:

doi:10.7910/DVN/0BLAWN

Authoring Entity:

Wachs, Johannes (Vienna University of Econ. and Bus.)

Distributor:

Harvard Dataverse

Access Authority:

Wachs, Johannes

Depositor:

Wachs, Johannes

Date of Deposit:

2021-01-04

Study Scope

Keywords:

Social Sciences

Abstract:

How does exposure to refugees influence political behavior? We present evidence from Hungary, a country with widespread anti-immigration attitudes, that short term exposure during the 2015 refugee crisis predicts anti-refugee voting and sentiment. We code exposure to refugees at the settlement level using reports from state media, an independent online news site, and an online social media aggregator. Settlements through which refugees traveled showed significantly higher anti-refugee voting in a national referendum in 2016. The effect decreases sharply with distance. Using a difference-in-differences model, we find that the far-right opposition gained, while the governing right-wing party lost votes in these settlements in subsequent parliamentary elections. This suggests incumbents are punished by voters skeptical of immigration regardless of their policy position. Survey data supports this finding of a competition among right-wing parties, as individuals in exposed settlements are more fearful of immigrants and support restrictive policies only if they identify as right-wing.

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File Description--f4285722

File: settlements_did_placebo.tab

  • Number of cases: 6272

  • No. of variables per record: 1

  • Type of File: text/tab-separated-values

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UNF:6:gb1+bKzEBiXnRWi7GIA13Q==

File Description--f4285718

File: settlements_did.tab

  • Number of cases: 6276

  • No. of variables per record: 1

  • Type of File: text/tab-separated-values

Notes:

UNF:6:6T0kjQpQD4D92IxRlnQ+Rg==

File Description--f4285720

File: settlements_ols.tab

  • Number of cases: 3142

  • No. of variables per record: 1

  • Type of File: text/tab-separated-values

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UNF:6:OSB9zwCt1q+OnN8aaoM9rw==

File Description--f4285714

File: survey_data.tab

  • Number of cases: 772

  • No. of variables per record: 19

  • Type of File: text/tab-separated-values

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UNF:6:4i99yrSJ0Xr3hgTyKVTAfA==

Variable Description

List of Variables:

Variables

v1;town_latin;km_to_any_border;pct_at_least_hs;pc_income;pct_unemployed;time;T;Fidesz_placebo;Jobbik_placebo;Right_placebo

f4285722 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:gb1+bKzEBiXnRWi7GIA13Q==

v1;town_latin;km_to_any_border;pct_at_least_hs;pc_income;pct_unemployed;time;T;Fidesz;Jobbik;Right

f4285718 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:6T0kjQpQD4D92IxRlnQ+Rg==

ref_no_votes_over_eligible;county_id;fidesz_share_2014;jobbik_share_2014;treatment;within_25km_of_border;pct_higher_ed;pc_income;pct_unemployed;log_ref_eligible_voters;bin;min_to_treatment

f4285720 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:OSB9zwCt1q+OnN8aaoM9rw==

town

f4285714 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:hnG4vzOudpx3bgP4IN/drg==

region

f4285714 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:Xegi9aszFDYyLVZHSjv/PA==

treatment

f4285714 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 0.34302180453716974; Max. 1.0; Min. 0.0; Valid 772.0; Mean 0.13601036269430083

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:V9uqZyDV5lm8J0ukv4nHFg==

within_25km_of_border

f4285714 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 772.0; Min. 0.0; Mean 0.10362694300518108; StDev 0.30497356854191615; Max. 1.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:TZ8fC0Vhp5Fv/fHyUAhL9w==

at_least_hs_degree

f4285714 Location:

Summary Statistics: Max. 1.0; Valid 772.0; Mean 0.3005181347150262; Min. 0.0; StDev 0.45878058745643047

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:f+toigZgCkVa6C6j9yPbSQ==

precarious_economic_situation

f4285714 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 768.0; Min. 0.0; StDev 0.4453492804961241; Max. 1.0; Mean 0.2721354166666665;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:gb9q2qSPnRo24lz2a3l/Aw==

male

f4285714 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 0.4689119170984457; Max. 1.0; Valid 772.0; StDev 0.49935611720530027; Min. 0.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:jX0v70kMAQ5W7msSbOtWWA==

voteright

f4285714 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 0.49295623880483513; Min. 0.0; Max. 1.0; Mean 0.4145077720207254; Valid 772.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:/MvTfzNKQJsBeTyyHwBKUw==

voteleft

f4285714 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 772.0; Min. 0.0; Mean 0.14637305699481878; StDev 0.35370898323956196; Max. 1.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:z3MNtti4VCfaoJJwq44fNg==

votefidesz

f4285714 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 0.0; Mean 0.30051813471502586; Valid 772.0; StDev 0.4587805874564303; Max. 1.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:aw++WuRZXCn3MkEO7b9Jig==

votejobbik

f4285714 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 0.11398963730569929; Valid 772.0; Max. 1.0; StDev 0.3180047065805649; Min. 0.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:+6ngSru5v6tSY/1YJ32uwQ==

strong_border

f4285714 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 0.7288359788359787; Max. 1.0; StDev 0.4448548772387979; Valid 756.0; Min. 0.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:9D2qvBrmq7ZNLcPhBuOe4A==

no_refugees

f4285714 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 0.5000496574108371; Mean 0.5170998632010944; Max. 1.0; Valid 731.0; Min. 0.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:KK3R9EhwFJrpGitHoYMYng==

worry_undocumented

f4285714 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 0.7278645833333333; Max. 1.0; Min. 0.0; Valid 768.0; StDev 0.44534928049612493;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:tuas9mPvWh7O00h1brSWcw==

worry_culture

f4285714 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 0.48599913262673805; Valid 766.0; Mean 0.6187989556135769; Min. 0.0; Max. 1.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:iyHwWZ8oKSWHZddG9h8VbQ==

law_protecting_culture

f4285714 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 0.0; Max. 1.0; Mean 0.5767123287671237; Valid 730.0; StDev 0.4944189334368138;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:yyNtOep2a16FtKMyjhynbA==

no_money_for_refugee_integration

f4285714 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 0.4922123954890253; Mean 0.5897435897435896; Min. 0.0; Max. 1.0; Valid 741.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:6WUyGEPocHnRSPwivwJVRA==

met_refugee_prev_12_months

f4285714 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 0.0; Mean 0.21716514954486343; Valid 769.0; StDev 0.41258430329513296; Max. 1.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:M6q4kAHM53bRyvy7IytkQQ==

personally_know_immigrant_or_ref

f4285714 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 0.031168831168831186; Min. 0.0; StDev 0.17388675466684408; Max. 1.0; Valid 770.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:3hjY8jqCqH4AHdUiB1UnAA==

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readme.txt

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readme.txt

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settlements_models.do

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survey_models.R

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