We conduct a survey experiment on the effect of information provision on attitudes towards immigration in Germany. The … focus lies on two theory-based economic channels, labor market and welfare state concerns, and immigration policy … robustly decreases welfare state concerns about immigration. There are slightly less pronounced effects on the labor market and …

about adverse effects of immigration on the welfare state. On the contrary, different types of signals offset their effects … heterogeneity, we find that prior beliefs about immigration explain conditional average treatment effects. While attitudinal change …

natives and migrants in eastern Germany, a region characterized by anti-immigrant sentiment. Using probability-based survey …. Respondents who receive the signal show more supportive attitudes toward immigration, with effect sizes being more pronounced for … information campaigns on immigration. …

of the participants with five statistics about immigration, before evaluating their attitude towards immigrants with self …, although it does not change people's policy preferences regarding immigration. Republicans become more willing to increase … legal immigration after receiving the information treatment. Finally, we also measure the same self-reported policy …

of the participants with five statistics about immigration, before evaluating their attitude towards immigrants with self …, although it does not change people's policy preferences regarding immigration. Republicans become more willing to increase … legal immigration after receiving the information treatment. Finally, we also measure the same self-reported policy …