Does Increasing Immigration Affect Ethnic Minority Groups?

Immigration is increasing around the world. Academic work suggests that immigration reduces social cohesion and subjective well-being, but these studies mainly focused on white majority populations. Using 2002 to 2014 European Social Survey, we analyze data from 5,149 ethnic minority respondents living in twenty-four countries. We examine association between respondents’ mediated by two critical cognitive mechanisms: perceived discrimination generalized trust. find short term, associated with greater discrimination, which turn lower trust well-being. Over longer though, minorities, yielding