Replication Data for: Discriminatory Immigration Bans Elicit Anti-Americanism in Targeted Communities: Evidence from Nigerian Expatriates

Do discriminatory U.S. immigration policies affect foreign public opinion about Americans? When examining negative reactions to U.S. actions perceived as bullying on the world stage, existing research has focused either on U.S. policies that involve direct foreign military intervention or seek to influence foreign countries' domestic economic policy or policies advocating minority representation. We argue that U.S. immigration policies—especially when they are perceived as discriminatory—can similarly generate anti-American sentiment. Using data from a conjoint experiment embedded in a unique survey of Nigerian expatriates in Ghana in the field before and after President Trump surprisingly announced a ban on Nigerian immigration to the United States, we estimate a large 13 percentage point drop in Nigerian subjects' favorability towards American citizens.

美国带有歧视性的移民政策是否会影响外国公众对美国人的观感？在考察全球舞台上被视作霸凌行径的美国对外举措所引发的负面反应时，现有研究要么聚焦于涉及直接对外军事干预的美国政策，要么关注旨在干涉他国国内经济政策或倡导少数群体代表权的政策主张。我们提出，美国的移民政策——尤其是被认定带有歧视性的那些——同样可能催生反美情绪。本研究依托一项嵌入独特实地调查的联合实验（conjoint experiment）数据，该调查针对在加纳的尼日利亚侨民，采集了特朗普总统意外宣布禁止尼日利亚公民入境美国前后的样本数据，据此估算出尼日利亚受访者对美国民众的好感度出现了高达13个百分点的下滑。