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Title: Nativism or Economic Threat: Attitudes Towards Immigrants During the Great Recession

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2014

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ISSN: 0305-0629

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Abstract: To better evaluate the weight of economic versus cultural factors in determining individual attitudes toward open borders, this article reports on a survey experiment conducted over the course of the Great Recession. Over the course of the recession, we measured changes in attitudes on both immigration and trade policies, controlling for economic circumstance. Based on the data provided by respondents on both their current salaries as well as a subjective assessment of their economic well-being, we illustrate how both objective and subjective perceptions of the economy interact with cultural factors and influence attitudes on open borders. The panel provides a unique picture of the "stickness" of policy attitudes in hard economic times, and by extension, the level of commitment in the United States to globalization.

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Authors: Goldstein, Judith L.; Peters, Margaret E.

Periodical (Full): International Interactions

Issue: 3

Volume: 40

Pages: 376-401

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Migration and Immigration, Other

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