Do Stronger Social Safety Nets correspond to Greater Refugee Acceptance?

When it comes to scholarship on refugees, most of it delves into the impact refugees have on host communities and what factors result in their exclusion, yet none delves into what results in greater inclusion. Drawing on Campbell et Al. 's (1965) theory regarding in-group and out-group competition, this paper puts forth an argument that when governments take steps to both protect its citizens and the refugees it hosts via stronger social safety nets, this is correlated with greater refugee inclusion. This paper finds large support for this idea, especially regarding the independent variables, social safety, and union density. However, worker protections for temporary workers are inversely and significantly correlated with refugee inclusion, illustrating that not all parts of a countries' social safety net operate the same way. This paper also pulls into question the validity of previous exclusion and impact scholarship, as the majority of the controls employed in this study, taken directly from past work, are insignificant.