Like parent, like child : how attitudes towards immigrants spill over to the political inclusion of their children

DONNALOJA, Victoria; VINK, Maarten Peter

doi:10.1080/1369183X.2023.2282388

Like parent, like child : how attitudes towards immigrants spill over to the political inclusion of their children

dc.contributor.author	DONNALOJA, Victoria
dc.contributor.author	VINK, Maarten Peter
dc.date.accessioned	2023-12-05T11:01:00Z
dc.date.available	2023-12-05T11:01:00Z
dc.date.issued	2024
dc.description	Published online: 20 November 2023	en
dc.description.abstract	Across Europe, citizenship is traditionally attributed at birth through descent only. As immigrant populations grow, policy-makers have come under pressure to extend citizenship rights to the children of immigrants born in the country. While such inclusive measures often counter political opposition, public attitudes on this question remain remarkably underexplored. In this study, we report on the results of an original choice-based conjoint survey experiment designed to examine which parental attributes affect respondents’ willingness to grant citizenship to newborns. We implement the survey experiment in Italy, where over one million children do not have Italian citizenship, yet reform proposals have so far been unsuccessful. In line with our pre-registered expectations, we find that respondents are more likely to support birthright citizenship for children born to parents who are economically, legally and socially integrated in society. These attitudes vary little by political background, education and age-category of respondents. Our findings suggest that incorporating immigration-related conditionality in birthright citizenship proposals is key to convincing sceptical publics of the legitimacy of such measures.	en
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dc.identifier.citation	Journal of ethnic and migration studies, 2024, Vol. 50, No. 14, pp. 3435-3452	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1080/1369183X.2023.2282388
dc.identifier.endpage	3452
dc.identifier.issn	1369-183X
dc.identifier.issn	1469-9451
dc.identifier.issue	14
dc.identifier.startpage	3435
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/1814/76148
dc.identifier.volume	50
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dc.title	Like parent, like child : how attitudes towards immigrants spill over to the political inclusion of their children	en
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