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Has Opposition to Immigration Increased in the United States after the Economic Crisis? An Experimental Approach

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  • Mathew J. Creighton
  • Amaney Jamal
  • Natalia C. Malancu

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type="main" xml:id="imre12091-abs-0001"> We employ two population-level experiments to accurately measure opposition to immigration before and after the economic crisis of 2008. Our design explicitly addresses social desirability bias, which is the tendency to give responses that are seen favorably by others and can lead to substantial underreporting of opposition to immigration. We find that overt opposition to immigration, expressed as support for a closed border, increases slightly after the crisis. However, once we account for social desirability bias, no significant increase remains. We conclude that the observed increase in anti-immigration sentiment in the post-crisis United States is attributable to greater expression of opposition rather than any underlying change in attitudes.

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  • Mathew J. Creighton & Amaney Jamal & Natalia C. Malancu, 2015. "Has Opposition to Immigration Increased in the United States after the Economic Crisis? An Experimental Approach," International Migration Review, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 49(3), pages 727-756, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:intmig:v:49:y:2015:i:3:p:727-756
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    4. McGinnity, Frances & Creighton, Mathew & Fahey, Éamonn, 2020. "Hidden versus revealed attitudes: a list experiment on support for minorities in Ireland," Research Series, Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), number BKMNEXT372.
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    7. Christian Dustmann & Yannis Kastis & Ian Preston, 2023. "Inequality and Immigration," CESifo Working Paper Series 10486, CESifo.

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