Public attitudes toward immigration play an important role in influencing immigration policy and immigrants … drivers. Evidence increasingly suggests that while a majority of individuals favor restrictive immigration policies …

from British Social Attitudes Surveys. It therefore covers the period when immigration as a whole has increased and the … refugees. This suggests that rising levels of immigration and asylum, a political discourse which positioned asylum as a … display the most tolerant views both before and after the increase in immigration and asylum. However, characteristics such as …

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

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 …

We explore the evolution and determinants of attitudes towards immigration in Canada, utilizing Canadian Election … until the mid-2000s, followed by a shift around 2008 towards gradually more negative attitudes towards immigration. To … has become increasingly significant in influencing attitudes toward immigration. …

-Americans. The immigration process selects black immigrants who have or who would have achieved middle income or higher status in …

-Americans. The immigration process selects black immigrants who have or who would have achieved middle income or higher status in …

This paper reviews the evidence on the effects of less-skilled immigration to the U.S., and their implications for … immigration reform. It begins with a review of the costs of less-skilled immigration, in terms of competition to native …-born American workers; and the benefits of such immigration in the form of lower consumer prices, higher employer profits, and …