Does Anti-Immigrant Sentiment Decrease Support for Redistribution? Evidence from Two Online Experiments

2025, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, DOI: 10.1057/s41599-025-05549-6; with Alice Guerra This study examines a relationship that has been implied by years of correlational research: that natives’ support for welfare redistribution declines when benefits are allocated to immigrants rather than natives—a phenomenon known as welfare chauvinism. We conducted two online experiments (N1 =…