We investigate whether the dependence of immigrants on welfare benefits leads to opposition to further immigration by … natives lead to less favourable attitudes of natives towards immigration. Interestingly, we do not find similar stylised facts … for immigrants' attitudes towards immigration. …

worsen crime. In contrast, native opinions on the impact of immigration on culture and the labor market are unrelated to the …

paper also provides evidence that racism and immigration phobia play a key role in shaping Europeans' support of a ban on … Muslim immigration. This finding challenges the discourse and campaigns of the populist groups who exploit the 'Islamization … of Europe' rhetoric successfully and use various pretexts to justify a call for a ban on Muslims' immigration, e.g. the …

Research on the relationship between the local share of immigrants and natives' attitudes towards immigration has …

immigration and to examine the contextual factors that shape these attitudes. However, international comparisons of abstract … analysis framework as a starting point, this study applies approximate and exact equivalence tests to the anti-immigration …