TY - JOUR
T1 - Understanding economic and cultural underpinnings of anti-immigrant attitudes
T2 - Multilevel evidence from the Asian Barometer Survey Wave IV (2014-2016)
AU - Kim, Harris Hyun Soo
AU - Kim, Hyun Jin
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 The Author(s) 2021. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The World Association for Public Opinion Research. All rights reserved.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - A large body of research exists concerning determinants of public opinion on immigration and immigrants, primarily based on Western countries. Given that South-South migratory flows have increased dramatically in recent decades, we contribute to the literature by analyzing cross-national probability data in the Asian context. Using multilevel modeling, we derive and test economic and cultural hypotheses concerning natives' support for restrictive immigration policy. Results show that at the individual level, along with xenophobic tendency, personal financial insecurity, unequal material distribution in society, and sociotropic economic concern all significantly predict the outcome. As a theoretical contribution, contextual effects are also reported: living in a subnational region with more national pride and with higher parochialism is positively associated with it.
AB - A large body of research exists concerning determinants of public opinion on immigration and immigrants, primarily based on Western countries. Given that South-South migratory flows have increased dramatically in recent decades, we contribute to the literature by analyzing cross-national probability data in the Asian context. Using multilevel modeling, we derive and test economic and cultural hypotheses concerning natives' support for restrictive immigration policy. Results show that at the individual level, along with xenophobic tendency, personal financial insecurity, unequal material distribution in society, and sociotropic economic concern all significantly predict the outcome. As a theoretical contribution, contextual effects are also reported: living in a subnational region with more national pride and with higher parochialism is positively associated with it.
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U2 - 10.1093/ijpor/edaa034
DO - 10.1093/ijpor/edaa034
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85113617964
SN - 0954-2892
VL - 33
SP - 377
EP - 396
JO - International Journal of Public Opinion Research
JF - International Journal of Public Opinion Research
IS - 2
ER -