What Motivates You? The Relationship between Preferences for Redistribution and Attitudes toward Immigration
Journal
Comparative Politics
ISSN
0010-4159
ISSN-Digital
2151-6227
Type
journal article
Date Issued
2013-01-01
Author(s)
Abstract
The tension between immigration and redistribution has attracted increased attention in recent years. Many authors argue, based on economic self-interest theory, that there is a negative relationship between support for redistribution and preferred levels of immigration. Notwithstanding the role of economic self-interest, there is in fact a multitude of motivations that moderate the relationship between preferences for redistribution and attitudes toward immigration. A model of preferences for immigration shows that self-interested and strongly reciprocal individuals experience a tension between immigration and redistribution, while egalitarians do not experience this tension. Humanitarians express a general willingness to help those who are worse off, immigrants included, but this motivation does not affect their preferences for redistribution.
Language
English
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
HSG Profile Area
SEPS - Global Democratic Governance
Refereed
Yes
Publisher
Political Science Program of the City University of New York
Publisher place
New York
Volume
45
Number
2
Start page
227
End page
246
Pages
20
Subject(s)
Division(s)
Eprints ID
227012