Immigration and welfare state sustainability
Whose Perception Is Affected by Fiscal Cost Cues
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6290476 |
|---|---|
| Authors | H Finseraas (0000-0001-5102-4895, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, corresponding author), Atle Haugsgjerd (0000-0002-7647-5817, Institute for Social Research, Oslo, Norway), Staffan Kumlin (0009-0001-1974-4064, University of Oslo) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 1420-1437 |
| Publication date | 2024-05-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of European Public Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1350-1763 • E-ISSN: 1466-4429 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13501763.2023.2166572 |
| OpenAlex | W4319077148 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 36 |
Who reacts politically to fiscally costly immigration? A political economy tradition holds that reactions depend on economic self-interest, whereas a social psychology tradition emphasizes generalized political orientations and trust. Past work largely leans in favor of the latter tradition. We make three contributions. First, our dependent variable is a concrete perception of welfare state sustainability, arguably better suited to capture self-interest. Second, both the political economy- and social psychology traditions have been studied narrowly; we separate between multiple interests (including economic local context), and compare several types of trust orientations. Third, we use machine learning methods well-suited to analyze treatment heterogeneity in a randomized survey experiment. We find support for both interest-based and social psychological explanations. As for the latter, what matters is not only, or even mainly, orientations/trust related to immigration. Rather, generalized political distrust strongly regulates when costly immigration cues trigger welfare sustainability worries
Economics · Fiscal policy · Fiscal sustainability · Immigration · Macroeconomics · Market economy · Perception · Political science · Politics · Public economics · State (computer science · Sustainability · Welfare · Welfare state · Computer Science · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Psychology · Social Policy and Reform Studies
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |