2009-05-01
Does the welfare state affect individual attitudes toward immigrants? Evidence across countries
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The Review of Economics and Statistics , Volume 91 - Issue 2 p. 295- 314
This paper analyzes welfare-state determinants of individual attitudes toward immigrants-within and across countries-and their interaction with labor market drivers of preferences. We consider two mechanisms through which a redistributive welfare system might adjust as a result of immigration. Under the first model, immigration has a larger impact on high-income individuals, while under the second one lowincome individuals are those most affected. Individual attitudes are consistent with the first welfare-state model and with labor market determinants. In countries where immigration is unskilled, income is negatively correlated with pro-immigration preferences, while skill is positively correlated with them. These relationships are reversed in economies characterized by skilled migration.
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| doi.org/10.1162/rest.91.2.295, hdl.handle.net/1765/17980 | |
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Facchini, G., & Mayda, A. M. (2009). Does the welfare state affect individual attitudes toward immigrants? Evidence across countries. The Review of Economics and Statistics, 91(2), 295–314. doi:10.1162/rest.91.2.295 |
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