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Diversity, Immigration, and Redistribution

  • Alberto Alesina
  • Stefanie Stantcheva
AEA Papers and Proceedings
vol. 110, May 2020
(pp. 329-34)
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Abstract

This paper provides a simple conceptual framework that captures how different perceptions, attitudes, and biases about immigrants or minorities can shape preferences for redistribution and reviews the empirical evidence on the effects of increasing racial diversity and immigration on support for redistribution.

Citation

Alesina, Alberto, and Stefanie Stantcheva. 2020. "Diversity, Immigration, and Redistribution." AEA Papers and Proceedings, 110: 329-34. DOI: 10.1257/pandp.20201088

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JEL Classification

  • D12 Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
  • D91 Micro-Based Behavioral Economics: Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making
  • H23 Taxation and Subsidies: Externalities; Redistributive Effects; Environmental Taxes and Subsidies
  • J15 Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination