La xenofobia en el Ecuador.

Abstract

What are the factors that have influence on xenophobia and on manifestations of discrimination in Ecuador? Literature suggest that, in general, the expressions of xenophobia originate or increase when individuals are influenced by xenophobic political speeches and by specific groups whose posts incite hatred. In addition, belonging or identifying with a certain group of individuals, whether due to beliefs, lifestyles or having certain characteristics in common, as well as having a strong nationalist feeling, could increase the probability of showing discriminatory attitudes towards foreign migrants. In this research, the question posed above is answered; in order to do that, the database of the Barometer of the Americas' survey, carried out by the Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP), period 2018 – 2019, is used. With this data, four probit models were estimated, in order to analyze which factors influence xenophobia in Ecuador. The results suggest that belonging to certain social groups, as well as having a strong nationalist feeling or accessing to xenophobic information on social networks have influence on the appearance of xenophobic attitudes in society.