Immigration vs. poverty: Causal impact on demand for redistribution in a survey experiment

We investigate how demand for both the financing and provision of redistributive policies is affected by information about immigration poverty. Information has a positive impact on desired tax progressivity among low-income respondents negative one higher income earners. poverty no impact. On side, middle- high-income increase public education expenditure in response to poverty, while reduce spending immigration. These heterogeneities are consistent with protectionist reactions