Immigration Attitudes - Incite at Columbia University
Immigration Attitudes
- Team Maria Abascal Jennifer Lee Van Tran Tiffany Huang
- Funded by Southern Poverty Law Center
The project relies on an experimental survey in which US-born adults (both White and non-White) read accurate information about:
- Current trends in net and undocumented immigration;
- The composition of the immigrant population in terms of race/ethnicity and skills;
- Immigrants’ English language acquisition;
- Crime rates among immigrants;
- Immigrants’ tax contributions and social service receipt, and;
- Immigrants’ employment rates.
The results shed light on the nature and sources of anti-immigrant attitudes. A substantial academic literature examines whether anti-immigrant attitudes are rooted in competition for economic resources, cultural threat, and/or status concerns.
This project contributes to this literature, relying on the following insight: If we understand the kinds of information that mitigate anti-immigrant attitudes, we will also learn something about the source(s) of such attitudes. On a practical front, the results could be used in messaging campaigns designed to counteract the effects of demographic threat. To this end, study participants will be exposed to accurate information about immigration based on reliable academic and policy research.
Related Works
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open website
Maria Abascal, Tiffany J. Huang, Van C. Tran, "Intervening in Anti-Immigrant Sentiments: The Causal Effects of Factual Information on Attitudes toward Immigration", Sage Journals, December 21, 2021
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