a column by Alberto Alesina, Armando Miano and Stefanie Stantcheva fod VOX: CEPR’s Policy Portal
The debate on immigration is often based on misperceptions about the number and character of immigrants.
The column uses data from surveys in six countries to show that such misperceptions are striking and widespread.
The column also describes how an experiment in which people were encouraged to think about their perception of immigrants made them more averse to redistribution in general, suggesting that the focus on immigration in the political debate – without correcting the misperceptions respondents have about immigrants – could have the unintended consequence of reducing support for redistribution.
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