Trust, Economic Development and Attitudes toward Immigration

Chang, Han Il; Kang, Woo Chang

doi:10.1017/s0008423917001378

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“…In contrast, the rational approach emphasizes the acquired rather than the ascribed aspects, indicating that interpersonal trust depends on the events experienced by individuals during their social life (Uslaner 2008). Individuals learn the specific meanings of cultural and personal traits about trustworthiness through their direct and indirect experiences, and their decisions about whether to trust others are dictated by the outcomes of such experiences (Chang and Kang 2018). If trust can be affected by direct experiences of social interaction, social exclusion can represent a relevant factor in increasing distrustful attitudes.…”

Section: Social Exclusion and Interpersonal Trustmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Social Exclusion and Anti-Immigration Attitudes in Europe: The mediating role of Interpersonal Trust

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Managing immigration is a challenge at the political, economic, and social levels. Clarifying the social psychological antecedents behind the onset of negative attitudes towards immigrants might help overcome this challenge. The present study investigates the relationships between people’s experience of social exclusion, feelings of generalized interpersonal trust, and anti-immigrant attitudes across 23 European countries. We used data from the European Social Survey 8 (2016), employing a representative sample of the European population. A 1–1–1 multilevel mediation model showed that: (a) the higher the experience of social exclusion, the lower the generalized trust towards others; (b) the experience of social exclusion related positively and directly with anti-immigration attitudes; and (c) generalized interpersonal trust mediated the relationship between experienced social exclusion and anti-immigrant attitudes so that the experience of being socially excluded reduced feelings of generalized interpersonal trust that, in turn, promoted hostile attitudes towards immigrants. Taken together, these results create a platform for future research on the emergence of negative attitudes towards immigrants and factors that might facilitate the development of a climate of integration and acceptance.

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Section: Social Exclusion and Interpersonal Trustmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Moreover, the role of trust in shaping negative attitudes towards people from different ethnic groups has also been examined (e.g. Chang and Kang 2018;Herreros and Criado 2009;Rustenbach 2010). The authors of these studies found that both abstract (i.e.…”

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Social Exclusion and Anti-Immigration Attitudes in Europe: The mediating role of Interpersonal Trust

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“…In particular, we consider countries' economic development and individuals' level of education as possible sources of heterogeneous reactions to news on immigration. Some authors (Facchini et al, 2008;Chang and Kang, 2018) find that the native population in more developed countries shows a higher pro-immigrant attitude, triggered by better economic conditions and higher trust in institutions (Chang and Kang, 2018). If this is true, it can be argued that people living in developed countries show a less adverse reaction to news on immigration.…”

Section: Heterogeneity and Robustnessmentioning

confidence: 99%

Effect of Media News on Radicalization of Attitudes to Immigration

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Spagnolo

2021

J Econ Race Policy

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Recent years have witnessed a growing aversion to immigration worldwide and, at the same time, radicalization of public opinion on the issue. This paper explores the relationship between media news and individual attitudes to immigration. We run an empirical analysis whereby an index capturing individuals’ pro-immigration attitude, measured in 19 countries, is regressed over indexes capturing the coverage and tone of media news about immigration. We find that pro-immigration attitudes are negatively correlated with media coverage and the negative tone of news. However, this correlation is significant only for those with high trust in the media. In the case of low trust, higher coverage of immigration and a negative news slant make previous preferences and beliefs vis-à-vis immigration more extreme, yielding a lower pro-immigration index for those politically on the right, while the opposite applies to those on the left. The pro-immigration index is constructed by means of fuzzy methods to account for the many aspects defining attitudes to immigration.

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“…Other studies have reported a statistically significant association between religiosity, religious affiliation, and anti-immigration sentiments (Anderson & Ferguson 2018;Cowling et al 2019;Deslandes & Anderson 2019). Socio-psychological contributors to anti-immigration attitudes include prejudiced stereotypes and misperceptions of immigrants, xenophobia, lack of trust in others (i.e., low social capital), and ethnocentrism (Chang & Kang 2018;Grigorieff et al 2020;Hainmueller & Hangartner 2013;Hjerm 2009). Accounting for these individual beliefs, we use in our estimations indicators for political ideology (1 most liberal to 10 most conservative), religiosity (1 least to 10 most religious), religious affiliations (1 affiliated, 0 unaffiliated), and level of social capital reflecting whether respondents generally trust others (1=yes, 0=no).…”

Section: Samplementioning

confidence: 99%