Immigration vs. Poverty: Causal Impact on Demand for Redistribution in a Survey Experiment

Andrea Martinangeli and Lisa Windsteiger

Working Papers from Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance

Abstract: Demand for and provision of redistributive public intervention, which had in the recent past given way to immigration in the political arena, bounced forcefully back at the onset of the economic consequences of the Covid pandemic. We investigate how demand for both the ï¬ nancing and the provision of redistribution is affected by immigration and poverty. Information about immigration has a negative impact on demanded redistributive taxation among high income respondents and a positive one among low income earners. Information about poverty has no impact. On the provision side, 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)
Pages: 88 pages
Date: 2019-08
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Journal Article: Immigration vs. poverty: Causal impact on demand for redistribution in a survey experiment (2023)
Working Paper: Immigration vs. Poverty: Causal Impact on Demand for Redistribution in a Survey Experiment (2020)
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