Previous studies examining the link between immigration and populism have found mixed empirical results. By focusing on the populist attitude among native citizens, this article revisits the question of how immigration affects populism. In addition, we investigate this relationship in South America where immigrants are more educated, and skilled and have similar cultural or historical roots to native citizens. By using Latino Barometro data from 2000 to 2018, our empirical analysis of 10 South American countries finds that immigration fuels the populist attitude among citizens in South American countries. We also demonstrate the proportion of working-age immigrants or the level of economic development of immigrants’ home countries can change the influence of immigration on populism. These findings suggest that despite different features of immigration in this region than observed in other regions such as Europe the link between immigration and populism still holds.

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不受欢迎的移民来敲门：移民的人口特征和南美国家民粹主义态度的上升

先前研究移民与民粹主义之间联系的研究发现了不同的实证结果。本文通过关注本土公民的民粹主义态度，重新审视移民如何影响民粹主义的问题。此外，我们还调查了南美洲的这种关系，那里的移民受教育程度更高、技能更高，并且与本土公民有相似的文化或历史根源。通过使用2000年至2018年的Latino Barometro数据，我们对10个南美国家进行实证分析发现，移民助长了南美国家公民的民粹主义态度。我们还证明了工作年龄移民的比例或移民所在国的经济发展水平可以改变移民对民粹主义的影响。这些发现表明，尽管该地区的移民特征与欧洲等其他地区观察到的不同，但移民与民粹主义之间的联系仍然存在。