There has been great interest in the relationship between immigration and the welfare state in recent years, and … in the U.S. welfare state, and anti-immigrant sentiments, many contend that immigration undermines public support for … social policy. This study analyzes three measures of immigration and six welfare attitudes using 1996 and 2006 International …

Immigration is a crucial issue in contemporary politics, and attitudes towards immigration are highly dispersed in many … countries. We treat individuals' immigration friendliness (IF) as a feature of their self-image or identity and hypothesize that …, similar to other pro-social self-images, greater immigration friendliness is associated with greater subjective well …

Previous studies on the determinants of attitudes toward immigration can be classified into those that take a … utilitarian perspective, focusing on individuals’ perceptions of real-world impacts of immigration, and those that look at … immigration attitudes from the point of view of ideological orientation, focusing on broad political norms and values. While …

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 …