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American Attitudes Toward Climate Migrants: Findings from a Conjoint Experiment
Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Government.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8717-0189
Michigan State Univ, Polit Sci, E Lansing, MI 48825 USA..ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7201-4354
Villanova Univ, Polit Sci, Villanova, PA USA..
2024 (English)In: PS, Political Science & Politics, ISSN 1049-0965, E-ISSN 1537-5935, Vol. 57, no 4, p. 505-515Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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The dramatic impacts of climate change presage an inevitable surge in mass migration; however, advanced democracies are ill-equipped for this impending crisis. Moreover, we know very little about how publics evaluate this group of prospective migrants, who are estimated to increase from 100 million to 200 million worldwide within decades. This study investigates American attitudes toward climate-related migrants in a conjoint experiment of more than 1,000 US adults, in which respondents evaluated fictional refugee profiles that varied across multiple attributes. Findings reveal that Americans (1) prefer political refugees over climate-related refugees; and (2) prefer climate- related and economic migrants to a similar extent, and that these preferences are not driven by concerns over climate-related refugees' integration into American society. Subgroup analyses indicate that younger individuals, those with high climate-change anxiety, and those who previously engaged in climate-related political activities discriminated less against climate-related migrants. Analyses of open-ended responses reveal that climate anxiety is a driver of positive evaluations of climate-related migrants.

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Cambridge University Press, 2024. Vol. 57, no 4, p. 505-515
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URN: urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-555058DOI: 10.1017/S1049096524000258ISI: 001351137100001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85208799480OAI: oai:DiVA.org:uu-555058DiVA, id: diva2:1953810
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Are some parents Being Discriminated when Choosing Schools for their Children? The First Experimental Study on Discrimination among Public Officials in Sweden, Swedish Research CouncilWhy do public officials discriminate? Exploring the role of unconscious discriminatory attitudes, Swedish Research CouncilUnderstanding Political Climate Passivity in Sweden and the US, Swedish Research Council Formas
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Swedish Research Council, 2016-03070Swedish Research Council, 2019-03305Swedish Research Council Formas, 2022-01137VinnovaSwedish Research CouncilForte, Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and WelfareSwedish Research Council FormasAvailable from: 2025-04-23 Created: 2025-04-23 Last updated: 2025-05-08Bibliographically approved

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