Authors
Silvia Albrizio, Hippolyte W. Balima, Bertrand Gruss, Eric Huang, Colombe Ladreit
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5089/9798400290374.001
- ISBN
- 9798400290374
- ISSN
- 1018-5941
- Issue
- 217
- Pages
- 91
- Published in
- United States of America
- Series
- Working Paper No. 2024/217
- Stock No
- WPIEA2024217
- Volume
- 2024
Table of Contents
- MI_Open 1
- MI_Reforms 4
- Introduction 7
- Related literature 10
- The survey 12
- Data 12
- Sample 13
- Structure of the questionnaire 14
- Randomization in the questionnaire 18
- Quality checks 19
- Real-stakes questions 19
- The role of knowledge and beliefs versus socioeconomic characteristics 20
- Stereotypes 20
- Perceived policy effects 20
- Beliefs, socioeconomic characteristics and support 22
- Randomized Experiment results 27
- Policy support 28
- First stage: effect on beliefs 30
- Real-stakes questions 31
- Heterogeneity 33
- Correcting stereotypes and biased beliefs driven by political views 33
- Cross-country heterogeneity 37
- The role of mitigation policies 38
- Robustness 40
- Test of randomization 41
- Alternative support variable and control sets 41
- Weighted ordinary least squares 42
- Dropping respondents perceiving the survey as biased 42
- Conclusion 42
- Appendix 48
- Sample statistics and variables description 48
- Determinants of stereotypes about immigrants 53
- Robustness checks 54
- Additional balance tests of covariates 57
- Questionnaire 60
- MI_close 91