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Does Information Change Attitudes Toward Immigrants?

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Grigorieff, Alexis, Roth, Christopher, Ubfal, Diego·2020·Demography
DOI 10.1007/s13524-020-00882-8
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Strategies aimed at reducing negative attitudes toward immigrants are at the core of integration policies. A large literature shows that misperceptions about the size and characteristics of immigrants are common. A few studies implemented interventions to correct innumeracy regarding the size of the immigrant population, but they did not detect any effects on attitudes. We study whether providing information not only about the size but also about the characteristics of the immigrant population can have stronger effects. We conduct two online experiments with samples from the United States, providing one-half of the participants with five statistics about immigration. This information bundle improves people’s attitudes toward current legal immigrants. Most effects are driven by Republicans and other groups with more negative initial attitudes toward immigrants. In our second experiment, we show that treatment effects persist one month later. Finally, we analyze a large cross-country survey experiment to provide external validity to the finding that information about the size of the foreign-born population is not enough to change policy views. We conclude that people with negative views on immigration before the intervention can become more supportive of immigration if their misperceptions about the characteristics of the foreign-born population are corrected.

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Authors
Grigorieff, A., Roth, C., & Ubfal, D.
Affiliations
  • University of Oxford (GB)
  • University of Warwick (GB)
  • Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (US)
Corresponding author
  • Grigorieff, Alexis
  • Roth, Christopher
  • Ubfal, Diego
ORCID
Venue
Demography
Publisher
Duke University Press
Published
2020-06-01
Volume
57
Issue
3
Pages
1117-1143
ISSN
  • 0070-3370 (ISSN-L)
  • 1533-7790
DOI
10.1007/s13524-020-00882-8
OpenAlex
W3036844501
Cited by
254
References
57
Citations by year
2026: 36 · 2025: 39 · 2024: 60 · 2023: 36 · 2022: 37 · 2021: 30 · 2020: 9
FWCI
39.86
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
Locations
  • Demography (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Warwick Research Archive Portal (University of Warwick) (acceptedVersion)
  • Kölner Universitäts PublikationsServer (Universität zu Köln) (acceptedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
  • Archivio istituzionale della Ricerca - Bocconi (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • University of Oxford
  • European Commission (608109)
  • Università Bocconi
  • Uppsala Universitet
  • Economic and Social Research Council ([SSD/2/2/16])
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Migration, Refugees, and Integration
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Migration and Labor Dynamics
Keywords
attitudes toward immigrants, immigration policy, information interventions, migrant characteristics, immigrant population size, partisanship, Republican voters, treatment persistence, public opinion change, integration policy
MeSH terms
Adult, Attitude, Emigration and Immigration, Female, Humans, Male, Politics, Socioeconomic Factors, United States, Knowledge, Policy

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