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Article: Public Attitudes toward Internal and Foreign Migration
Title | Public Attitudes toward Internal and Foreign Migration |
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Issue Date | 2022 |
Publisher | Oxford University Press. |
Citation | Public Opinion Quarterly, 2022, v. 86, p. 82-106 How to Cite? |
Abstract | We explore attitudes toward internal and foreign migration in China using an original survey experiment. If labor-market competition drives attitudes, then residents will be opposed to migrants with comparable skill levels, regardless of migrant origin. If residents fear a dilution of national identity, then they will be more opposed to foreign than internal migration. We conduct a national survey in Mainland China, where we randomly assign respondents to answer questions about migrants with different skill levels and from either foreign countries or other provinces in China. We find that attitudes cleave over skill level, but the foreign-internal dimension is, on its own, not a salient cleavage in preferences. However, when considering high-skilled migrants, respondents are more supportive of foreign than internal migration; when considering low-skilled migrants, they are more opposed to foreign than internal migration. The results cast doubt on material explanations for attitudes toward migration and suggest a reevaluation of cultural threat arguments that privilege national borders. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/317889 |
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dc.contributor.author | Singer, DA | - |
dc.contributor.author | Quek, CK | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-10-07T10:28:48Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2022-10-07T10:28:48Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2022 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Public Opinion Quarterly, 2022, v. 86, p. 82-106 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/317889 | - |
dc.description.abstract | We explore attitudes toward internal and foreign migration in China using an original survey experiment. If labor-market competition drives attitudes, then residents will be opposed to migrants with comparable skill levels, regardless of migrant origin. If residents fear a dilution of national identity, then they will be more opposed to foreign than internal migration. We conduct a national survey in Mainland China, where we randomly assign respondents to answer questions about migrants with different skill levels and from either foreign countries or other provinces in China. We find that attitudes cleave over skill level, but the foreign-internal dimension is, on its own, not a salient cleavage in preferences. However, when considering high-skilled migrants, respondents are more supportive of foreign than internal migration; when considering low-skilled migrants, they are more opposed to foreign than internal migration. The results cast doubt on material explanations for attitudes toward migration and suggest a reevaluation of cultural threat arguments that privilege national borders. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | Oxford University Press. | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Public Opinion Quarterly | - |
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dc.title | Public Attitudes toward Internal and Foreign Migration | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.email | Quek, CK: quek@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Quek, CK=rp01797 | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1093/poq/nfab065 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 338075 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 86 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 82 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 106 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000772584600004 | - |