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Does Increasing Immigration Affect Ethnic Minority Groups?

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  • Danying Li
  • Miguel R. Ramos
  • Matthew R. Bennett
  • Douglas S. Massey
  • Miles Hewstone

Abstract

Immigration is increasing around the world. Academic work suggests that increasing immigration reduces social cohesion and subjective well-being, but these studies mainly focused on white majority populations. Using the 2002 to 2014 European Social Survey, we analyze data from 5,149 ethnic minority respondents living in twenty-four European countries. We examine the association between immigration and respondents’ well-being, mediated by two critical cognitive mechanisms: perceived discrimination and generalized trust. We find that in the short term, immigration is associated with greater perceived discrimination, which in turn is associated with lower trust and well-being. Over the longer term, though, immigration is associated with lower perceived discrimination from ethnic minorities, yielding greater generalized trust and perceived well-being.

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  • Danying Li & Miguel R. Ramos & Matthew R. Bennett & Douglas S. Massey & Miles Hewstone, 2021. "Does Increasing Immigration Affect Ethnic Minority Groups?," The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , vol. 697(1), pages 49-65, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:anname:v:697:y:2021:i:1:p:49-65
    DOI: 10.1177/00027162211051999
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