Attitudes Towards Immigration: Does Economic Self-Interest Matter?
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Attitudes Towards Immigration : Does Economic Self-Interest Matter? / Malchow-Møller, Nikolaj; Munch, Jakob Roland; Schroll, Sanne; Skaksen, Jan Rose.
Bonn : Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), 2006.Research output: Working paper › Research
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TY - UNPB
T1 - Attitudes Towards Immigration
T2 - Does Economic Self-Interest Matter?
AU - Malchow-Møller, Nikolaj
AU - Munch, Jakob Roland
AU - Schroll, Sanne
AU - Skaksen, Jan Rose
N1 - JEL Classification: F1, F22, J61
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - In this paper, we re-examine the role of economic self-interest in shaping people’s attitudes towards immigration, using data from the European Social Survey 2002/2003. Compared to the existing literature, there are two main contributions of the present paper. First, we develop a more powerful test of the hypothesis that a positive relationship between education and attitudes towards immigration reflects economic self-interest in the labour market. Second, we develop an alternative and more direct test of whether economic self-interest matters for people’s attitudes towards immigration. We find that while the "original" relationship between education and attitudes found in the literature is unlikely to reflect economic self-interest, there is considerable evidence of economic self-interest when using the more direct test
AB - In this paper, we re-examine the role of economic self-interest in shaping people’s attitudes towards immigration, using data from the European Social Survey 2002/2003. Compared to the existing literature, there are two main contributions of the present paper. First, we develop a more powerful test of the hypothesis that a positive relationship between education and attitudes towards immigration reflects economic self-interest in the labour market. Second, we develop an alternative and more direct test of whether economic self-interest matters for people’s attitudes towards immigration. We find that while the "original" relationship between education and attitudes found in the literature is unlikely to reflect economic self-interest, there is considerable evidence of economic self-interest when using the more direct test
KW - Faculty of Social Sciences
KW - attitudes
KW - immigration
KW - economic self-interest
M3 - Working paper
BT - Attitudes Towards Immigration
PB - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
CY - Bonn
ER -
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