How do emotions affect policy views on immigration? How do they influence the way people process and respond to factual …) sensational news about immigrant crimes, (ii) statistical information about immigration, or to (iii) the combination of both … young woman significantly increases the demand for anti-immigration policies, there is no impact of the news of a petty …

in the hosting country affects natives' attitudes towards immigration. In two online experiments in Italy and Spain, we … towards migrants, even though the treatment increases knowledge of pension systems and demographic trends for all participants. …

This paper analyzes the political sustainability of the welfare state in an environment where immigration is the main … demographic force and where governments are able to influence the size and skill composition of immigration flows. Specifically, I … present a dynamic political-economy model where both income redistribution and immigration policy are chosen by majority vote …

The 1996 Immigration Reform and Responsibility Act barred states from giving unlawful residents postsecondary education …

considered to be competitors for these resources. The question of how attitudes of majority populations towards immigration are … immigration from different minority groups, as well as attitudes towards related concerns, like job security and benefit … expenditures. We specify and estimate a multiple factor model. The correlation between answers to questions on immigration and on …

arrival to the new country, and typically decreases with years since immigration. Multivariate analysis shows that parents … years since immigration and education affect risks of the number of periods in persistent poverty. While a native child is …