Do existing theories regarding the impact of foreign migration explain preferences in non-oecd countries? The author adapts and applies explanations for opposition to migration in the Arabian Gulf, a significant region in global migration today, using a survey experiment implemented in Qatar. The results offer a rare validation of predictions from the labor market competition model, demonstrating that individual employment circumstances are important preference determinants. Additionally, while OECD citizens prefer high-skilled migrants, Qataris are indifferent about blue- versus white-collar workers. Mediation analysis suggests that this null effect is the result of competing cultural and economic concerns over the effect of differing classes of migrants on economic and social welfare. The novel context provides a critical test case of the labor market hypothesis and offers insight into how migration preferences in the Global South differ from the Western experience.

关于外国移民影响的现有理论是否解释了非经合组织国家的偏好？国家？作者通过在卡塔尔实施的一项调查实验，改编并应用了反对阿拉伯湾移民的解释，该地区是当今全球移民的重要地区。结果为劳动力市场竞争模型的预测提供了罕见的验证，表明个人就业环境是重要的偏好决定因素。此外，虽然经合组织公民更喜欢高技能移民，但卡塔尔人对蓝领工人和白领工人漠不关心。中介分析表明，这种无效效应是文化和经济对不同类别移民对经济和社会福利的影响的相互竞争的结果。