Working Paper: CEPR ID: DP14254
Authors: Stefanie Stantcheva; Alberto F. Alesina
Abstract: This paper provides a simple conceptual framework that captures how different perceptions, attitudes, and biases about immigrants or minorities can shape preferences for redistribution and reviews the empirical evidence on the effects of increasing racial diversity and immigration on support for redistribution
Keywords: immigration; diversity; race; inequality; redistribution; social preferences
JEL Codes: H21; J15; P16
Edges that are evidenced by causal inference methods are in orange, and the rest are in light blue.
| Cause | Effect |
|---|---|
| perceptions of immigrants (F22) | preferences for redistribution (D39) |
| perceptions of immigrants' reliance on welfare (I38) | preferences for redistribution (D39) |
| increase in perceived immigrant freeloaders (K37) | decrease in support for redistribution (D39) |
| biases against immigrants (J15) | lower support for redistributive policies (D72) |
| perceptions of immigrants (F22) | social welfare weights assigned to them (I38) |
| social welfare weights assigned to immigrants (I38) | preferences for redistribution (D39) |