Exploring the Economic Determinants of Immigration Attitudes

Beth Miller

Poverty & Public Policy, 2012, vol. 4, issue 2, 1-19

Abstract: Abstract This study explores the economic determinants of attitudes toward immigration across fortyseven countries. The extant research addressing public opinion on immigration tends to concentrate on Anglo attitudes toward immigrants in the United States or attitudes toward immigrants in Western Europe. Thus, empirical evidence currently draws from a limited pool including advanced industrial democracies. To more accurately and completely generalize statements regarding support for economic theories of self‐interest in regards to immigration, cross‐national research outside of the advanced industrial arena is necessary. Merging individual‐level survey data from Pew's Global Attitudes Project with country‐level economic data, the study finds that self‐assessed poverty plays a significant role in structuring immigration attitudes independent of the effect of objective measures of economic status (education, employment, and income). Further, national economic conditions also play a role in shaping immigration attitudes across countries.

Date: 2012
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