When New Facts Do Not Move the Feet: A Two Step Model of Signal, Belief, and Action in Migrant Decision Making

• In Event: Lightning Talk: Narratives, Discourses, and Political Strategy

Brief Overview

Migrants may accept new policy facts yet keep the same plans. I show why belief change does not always lead to action and test how credibility, scarcity, and narratives shape responsiveness in high-stakes decisions.

Author

• Liliana Brock, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign