Does the politico-economic system affect preferences for immigration? In this study, I show that individuals exposed to … life under state socialism have formed and persistently hold different attitudes toward immigration. By exploiting the … division and reunification of Germany, I estimate the influence of state socialism on attitudes toward immigration. Drawing on …

social, economic participation (for natives and migrants) leading to less/greater resentment. (2) Threatened responses are … concerns over potential consequences of certain kinds of immigration and are linked to individual characteristics that increase …-mitigating: Affluent, high-immigration countries more easily sustain tolerance for the same reasons they attract immigrants (opportunities …

How did the large asylum-seeker inflow to Germany in 2015 affect concerns about immigration? Using individual …-level panel data for the years 2012–2018, I show that after 2015 concerns about immigration increased by about 21 pp. and support … line with the contact hypothesis, living in a high refugee migration district reduced concerns about immigration by 3 pp …

EU Eastern Enlargement elicited a rise in (temporary) labour market oriented immi-gration to Germany starting in May …