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Do Anti-immigration Attitudes Discourage Immigration? Evidence from a New Instrument

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  • Etienne Bacher
  • Michel Beine
  • Hillel Rapoport

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We investigate the effect of anti-immigration attitudes on immigration plans to Europe. We propose a new instrument for attitudes toward immigration, namely, the number of country nationals killed in terrorist attacks taking place outside of Europe. Our first-stage results confirm that such terrorist attacks increase negative attitudes to immigration in the origin country of the victims. Our second-stage results then show that this higher hostility toward migrants decreases the attractiveness of the country for prospective immigrants at all skill levels.

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  • Etienne Bacher & Michel Beine & Hillel Rapoport, 2025. "Do Anti-immigration Attitudes Discourage Immigration? Evidence from a New Instrument," CESifo Working Paper Series 12003, CESifo.
    • Handle: RePEc:ces:ceswps:_12003
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    • C1 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General
    • F2 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business
    • J1 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics

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