Social Contact and Immigration Attitudes: A Study of LDS Missionaries

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Brief Overview

With original panel data from more than 1800 LDS missionaries both before and after their missions, we show how contact with immigrant communities affects immigration attitudes.

Authors

• Adam J. Berinsky, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• Christopher Karpowitz, Brigham Young University-Provo

• Zeyu Peng, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• Jonathan Andrew Rodden, Stanford University