Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/223473 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 8401
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
Do labor market concerns affect support for immigration? Using a large, representative sample of the US population, we first elicit beliefs about the labor market impact of immigration. To generate exogenous variation in beliefs, we then provide respondents in the treatment group with research evidence showing no adverse labor market impacts of immigration. Treated respondents update their beliefs and become more supportive of immigration, as measured by self-reported policy views and petition signatures. Treatment effects also persist in an obfuscated follow-up study. Our results demonstrate that information about the labor market impact of immigration causally affects support for immigration.
Subjects: 
labor market concerns
support for immigration
political behavior
JEL: 
C91
D83
F22
J15
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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