In every country, the study found, people vastly overestimate the number of immigrants present.
The Americans in the study, for example, thought on average that 36 percent of the people in their country are immigrants.
At the same time, the respondents underestimated the share of immigrants who are Christian, systematically exaggerating the cultural distance between themselves and immigrants.
The study found that natives in all countries think they're better qualified and better employed than immigrants, which is somewhat paradoxical given that one reason for the West's nationalist revolt is supposedly that immigrants are outcompeting natives.
Relatedly, respondents tended to exaggerate both the share of immigrants who are unemployed and natives who are employed.
In America, over 25 percent of respondents said the person with the immigrant-sounding name would pay less in taxes than he collected in welfare, compared to Jack-even though immigrants are barred from collecting most means-tested federal benefits for five years.
Most encouragingly, in every country the respondents attributed the economic success of immigrants to immigrants themselves and not any social advantage.
https://reason.com/2020/02/03/hey-dems-want-to-help-immigrants-stop-promising-universal-freebies/
The Americans in the study, for example, thought on average that 36 percent of the people in their country are immigrants.
At the same time, the respondents underestimated the share of immigrants who are Christian, systematically exaggerating the cultural distance between themselves and immigrants.
The study found that natives in all countries think they're better qualified and better employed than immigrants, which is somewhat paradoxical given that one reason for the West's nationalist revolt is supposedly that immigrants are outcompeting natives.
Relatedly, respondents tended to exaggerate both the share of immigrants who are unemployed and natives who are employed.
In America, over 25 percent of respondents said the person with the immigrant-sounding name would pay less in taxes than he collected in welfare, compared to Jack-even though immigrants are barred from collecting most means-tested federal benefits for five years.
Most encouragingly, in every country the respondents attributed the economic success of immigrants to immigrants themselves and not any social advantage.
https://reason.com/2020/02/03/hey-dems-want-to-help-immigrants-stop-promising-universal-freebies/
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