Immigration and public attitudes towards social assistance: evidence from Hong Kong

IF 3.3 3区经济学 Q1 DEVELOPMENT STUDIES

Journal of Economic Policy Reform Pub Date : 2020-07-13 DOI:10.1080/17487870.2020.1760102

Shen Yang, B. Miao, Alfred M. Wu

引用次数: 9

Abstract

ABSTRACT The paper investigates the puzzling phenomenon of why Hong Kong citizens have much lower support for increasing spending on social assistance when all other welfare programs have been favored by local residents. With a random sampling survey, we find that citizens’ support towards raising the requirement of immigration is negatively correlated with their support for social assistance (the CSSA scheme). This study highlights that the perception of “who benefits” will influence citizens’ support for welfare spending. The Hong Kong story enriches the debate about the impact of citizens’ attitudes towards immigration on welfare spending against a backdrop of deglobalization and anti-immigration.

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移民与公众对社会援助的态度:来自香港的证据

摘要本文探讨了一个令人困惑的现象，即为什么在所有其他福利项目都受到香港居民青睐的情况下，香港市民对增加社会援助支出的支持率要低得多。通过随机抽样调查，我们发现市民对提高移民要求的支持与他们对社会援助(综援计划)的支持呈负相关。本研究强调“谁受益”的认知会影响公民对福利支出的支持。香港的故事丰富了在去全球化和反移民的背景下，市民对移民的态度对福利支出的影响的辩论。

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Economic Policy Reform focuses on the analysis of economic policy reform. The journal draws upon what lessons can be learned from the successes and failures of countries undertaking reforms and how existing theories can be developed to shed light on positive as well as normative aspects of the reform process. The Journal of Economic Policy Reform encourages work from economists and political economy analysts on policies to promote growth and reduce poverty, intellectual property rights, aid versus trade, debt and debt relief, taxation and social security systems, surveys of key reform issues, as well as on corruption, democracy, emerging markets and the role of multilateral institutions.