@article{bbe091c0a33c4726993ea09d256df155,
title = "How Social Context Affects Immigration Attitudes",
abstract = "Selection bias represents a persistent challenge to understanding the effects of social context on political attitudes. We attempt to overcome this challenge by focusing on a unique sample of individuals who were assigned to a new social context for an extended period, without control over the location they were sent: missionaries for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. We interviewed a sample of 1,804 young people before and after their mission service in a diverse set of locations around the world and find strong evidence that the policy views of respondents became more tolerant toward undocumented immigrants when respondents were assigned to places where contact with immigrants was more likely. Within the United States, missionaries who served in communities with larger Hispanic populations, and those assigned to speak a language other than English, experienced the largest increases in pro-immigrant attitudes.",
author = "Berinsky, \{Adam J.\} and Karpowitz, \{Christopher F.\} and Peng, \{Zeyu Chris\} and Rodden, \{Jonathan A.\} and Wong, \{Cara J.\}",
note = "Data collection followed all American Political Science Association guidelines for human subjects research. This protocol was reviewed and approved by the Brigham Young University (BYU) institutional review board (IRB; approval no. F130063), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) IRB (approval no. 1302005525), and Stanford IRB (approval no. 27066). The project was also approved by the dean of students at BYU because recruitment e-mails were sent to a large number of students. This research received funding from BYU, MIT, and Stanford University. Data collection followed all American Political Science Association guidelines for human subjects research. This protocol was reviewed and approved by the Brigham Young University (BYU) institutional review board (IRB; approval no. F130063), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) IRB (approval no. 1302005525), and Stanford IRB (approval no. 27066). The project was also approved by the dean of students at BYU because recruitment e-mails were sent to a large number of students. This research received funding from BYU, MIT, and Stanford University. Replication files are available in the JOP Dataverse (https://dataverse.harvard.edu/dataverse/jop). The empirical analysis has been successfully replicated by the JOP replication analyst. An appendix with supplementary material is available at https://doi.org/10.1086/722339.",
year = "2023",
month = apr,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1086/722339",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "85",
pages = "372--388",
journal = "Journal of Politics",
issn = "0022-3816",
publisher = "University of Chicago Press",
number = "2",
}