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

Duch, Raymond M.; Laroze, Denise; Reinprecht, Constantin; Robinson, Thomas S.

doi:10.1017/psrm.2020.33

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

Duch, Raymond M.; Laroze, Denise; Reinprecht, Constantin; Robinson, Thomas S.

Authors

Raymond M. Duch

Denise Laroze

Constantin Reinprecht

Thomas S. Robinson

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.

Citation

Duch, R. M., Laroze, D., Reinprecht, C., & Robinson, T. S. (2022). Nativist Policy: the comparative effects of Trumpian politics on migration decisions. Political Science Research and Methods, 10(1), 171-187. https://doi.org/10.1017/psrm.2020.33

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Jun 29, 2020
Publication Date	2022-01
Deposit Date	Sep 2, 2020
Publicly Available Date	Sep 16, 2020
Journal	Political Science Research and Methods
Print ISSN	2049-8470
Electronic ISSN	2049-8489
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	10
Issue	1
Pages	171-187
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1017/psrm.2020.33

Files

Accepted Journal Article (1.7 Mb)
PDF

Publisher Licence URL
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

Copyright Statement
This article has been published in a revised form in Political science research and methods https://doi.org/10.1017/psrm.2020.33. This version is published under a Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-ND. No commercial re-distribution or re-use allowed. Derivative works cannot be distributed. © The European Political Science Association 2020.