The tenuous relationship between ethnic diversity and welfare solidarity has become a central focus in sociological and political inquiry. Yet, the question whether ethnic composition of the residential environment affects welfare chauvinism (favouring an encompassing welfare state that is preserved for ingroup members) has remained fundamentally unanswered. This article integrates extensive experimental data on welfare solidarity with hypothetical, unemployed persons from domestic and foreign origin among 23,015 native participants (to isolate welfare chauvinism), and detailed registry data (on the residential neighbourhood of these participants) from the Netherlands. This combination of contextual and experimental data allows us to test rivalling theoretical arguments on the relationship between ethnic diversity and welfare chauvinism, namely conflict, contact, and constrict theory. The outcomes of this enriched vignette survey experiment show that ethnic diversity has a specific and sizeable effect on welfare chauvinism under a range of model specifications. Diverse neighbourhoods drive down natives’ support for welfare distribution with migrants but not with natives. Ethnic diversity thereby stimulates the deservingness gap between natives and migrants, i.e., welfare chauvinism. We discuss the implications of these findings for conflict, contact, and constrict theory.

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种族多样性面前的福利沙文主义：关于土著和外国出生的福利索赔人被认为应得的不同和同质社区的小插曲实验

种族多样性与福利团结之间的微妙关系已成为社会学和政治研究的中心焦点。然而，居住环境的种族构成是否会影响福利沙文主义（支持为内群体成员保留的包容性福利国家）的问题从根本上仍未得到解答。本文整合了 23,015 名本地参与者（以隔离福利沙文主义）与来自国内外的假设失业人员的福利团结的广泛实验数据，以及来自荷兰的详细登记数据（关于这些参与者的住宅区）。这种背景数据和实验数据的结合使我们能够测试关于种族多样性与福利沙文主义之间关系的相互竞争的理论论点，即冲突、接触和收缩理论。这项丰富的小插曲调查实验的结果表明，在一系列模型规范下，种族多样性对福利沙文主义具有特定且相当大的影响。多样化的社区降低了当地人对移民福利分配的支持，但对当地人没有。种族多样性从而刺激了本地人和移民之间的应得差距，即福利沙文主义。我们讨论了这些发现对冲突、接触和收缩理论的影响。多样化的社区降低了当地人对移民福利分配的支持，但对当地人没有。种族多样性从而刺激了本地人和移民之间的应得差距，即福利沙文主义。我们讨论了这些发现对冲突、接触和收缩理论的影响。多样化的社区降低了当地人对移民福利分配的支持，但对当地人没有。种族多样性从而刺激了本地人和移民之间的应得差距，即福利沙文主义。我们讨论了这些发现对冲突、接触和收缩理论的影响。