Immigration vs. poverty: Causal impact on demand for redistribution in a survey experiment

Andrea Martinangeli and Lisa Windsteiger

European Journal of Political Economy, 2023, vol. 78, issue C

Abstract: We investigate how demand for both the financing and the provision of redistributive policies is affected by information about immigration and poverty. Information about immigration has a positive impact on desired tax progressivity among low-income respondents and a negative one among higher income earners. Information about poverty has no impact. On the provision side, middle- and high-income respondents increase desired public education expenditure in response to poverty, while low-income respondents reduce desired education spending in response to immigration. These heterogeneities are consistent with protectionist reactions to immigration and poverty.

Keywords: Immigration; Poverty; Redistribution; Survey experiment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D31 D63 H53 J15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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Working Paper: Immigration vs. Poverty: Causal Impact on Demand for Redistribution in a Survey Experiment (2020)
Working Paper: Immigration vs. Poverty: Causal Impact on Demand for Redistribution in a Survey Experiment (2019)
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2022.102348

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