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Nativist policy: the comparative effects of Trumpian politics on migration decisions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 September 2020

Raymond M Duch Open the ORCID record for Raymond M Duch [Opens in a new window] ,
Denise Laroze Open the ORCID record for Denise Laroze [Opens in a new window] ,
Constantin Reinprecht  and
Thomas S Robinson Open the ORCID record for Thomas S Robinson [Opens in a new window]
Raymond M Duch*
Affiliation:
Nuffield College, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Denise Laroze
Affiliation:
Centre for Experimental Social Science and Department of Management, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Santiago, Chile
Constantin Reinprecht
Affiliation:
Durham University, School of Government and International Affairs, Durham, UK
Thomas S Robinson
Affiliation:
Durham University, School of Government and International Affairs, Durham, UK
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*Corresponding author. Email: [email protected]
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Abstract

Firms in the USA rely on highly skilled immigrants, particularly in the science and engineering sectors. Yet, the recent politics of immigration marks a substantial change to US immigration policy. We implement a conjoint experiment that isolates the causal effect of nativist, anti-immigrant, pronouncements on where skilled potential-migrants choose to immigrate to. While these policies have a significantly negative effect on the destination choices of Chilean and UK student subjects, they have little effect on the choices of Indian and Chinese student subjects. These results are confirmed through an unobtrusive test of subjects’ general immigration destination preferences. Moreover, there is some evidence that the negative effect of these nativist policies are particularly salient for those who self-identify with the Left.

Keywords

Ethnicity and nationalismexperimental researchlabor economics
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Original Article
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Political Science Research and Methods , Volume 10 , Issue 1 , January 2022 , pp. 171 - 187
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Copyright © The European Political Science Association 2020

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