We test the relationship between historical immigration to the United States and political ideology today. We … with the hypothesis that immigration left its footprint on American ideology via cultural transmission from immigrants to …-lasting effect on the political ideology of US born individuals. Our analysis proceeds in three steps. First, we document that the …

We study the long run effects of immigration on U.S. political ideology. We establish a new result: historical European … immigration is associated with stronger preferences for redistribution and a more liberal ideology among Americans today. We …-group contact was more frequent, and are not due to transmission within ancestry groups. Immigration left its footprint on American …

studies are cross sectional and can shed little light on the economy-wide forces that shift public opinion on immigration. In … immigration opinion for 20 countries. The recession that began in 2008 provides a useful test because its severity varied so … economy. At the country level, pro-immigration opinion is negatively related to the share of immigrants in the population and …

There is growing interest among economists in public opinion towards immigration, something that is often seen as the … both dimensions need to be taken into account when assessing the overall climate of public opinion towards immigration … foundation for restrictive immigration policies. Existing studies have focused on the responses to survey questions on whether …

There is growing interest among economists in public opinion towards immigration, something that is often seen as the … both dimensions need to be taken into account when assessing the overall climate of public opinion towards immigration … foundation for restrictive immigration policies. Existing studies have focused on the responses to survey questions on whether …

This paper re-examines the role of labor-market competition as a determinant of attitudes toward immigration. We claim … are relatively more pro-immigration. This is true for both our new measures of exposure. Second, we show that the … positive effect of education on pro-immigration attitudes is greatly reduced when we control for the degree of communication …

In this paper, we re-examine the role of economic self-interest in shaping people's attitudes towards immigration … education and attitudes towards immigration reflects economic self-interest in the labour market.Second, we develop an … alternative and more direct test of whether economic self-interest matters for people's attitudes towards immigration. We find …

This paper re-examines the role of labor-market competition as a determinant of attitudes toward immigration. We claim … are relatively more pro-immigration. This is true for both our new measures of exposure. Second, we show that the … positive effect of education on pro-immigration attitudes is greatly reduced when we control for the degree of communication …

This paper examines the effects of natives' anti-immigration attitudes on migration flows to EU countries. We use panel … EU destinations. Our findings suggest that there is a negative causal relationship between anti-immigration attitudes and … migration inflows to the EU from both EU and non-EU countries; i.e. natives' hostility discourages immigration. However, the …

This paper examines the effects of natives' anti-immigration attitudes on migration flows to EU countries. We use panel … EU destinations. Our findings suggest that there is a negative causal relationship between anti-immigration attitudes and … migration inflows to the EU from both EU and non-EU countries; i.e. natives' hostility discourages immigration. However, the …