| Description |
1 online resource (53 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Discussion paper series, 0265-8003 ; no. 14211 Labour economics Public economics |
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Discussion paper (Centre for Economic Policy Research (Great Britain)) ; no. 14211.
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| Summary |
We examine the relationship between immigration and preferences for redistribution in Europe using a newly assembled data set of immigrant stocks for 140 regions in 16 Western European countries. Exploiting within-country variations in the share of immigrants at the regional level, we find that native respondents display lower support for redistribution when the share of immigrants in their residence region is higher. This negative association is driven by regions of countries with relatively large Welfare States and by respondents at the center or at the right of the political spectrum. The effects are also stronger when immigrants originate from Middle-Eastern or Eastern European countries, are less skilled than natives, and experience more residential segregation. These results are unlikely to be driven by immigrants' endogenous location choices, that is, by welfare magnet effects or by immigrants' sorting into regions with better economic opportunities. They are also robust to instrumenting immigration with a standard shift-share approach or to controlling for regional growth prospects |
| Notes |
"Published 18 December 2019." |
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"Submitted 07 December 2019." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 37-40) |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from http://www.cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=14211 viewed December 18, 2019 |
| Subject |
Income distribution -- Europe -- Public opinion -- Econometric models
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Immigrants -- Europe -- Econometric models
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| SUBJECT |
Europe -- Emigration and immigration -- Public opinion -- Econometric models
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Europe -- Population -- Public opinion -- Econometric models
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| Subject |
Europe.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Murard, Elie, author.
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Rapoport, Hillel, author.
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Centre for Economic Policy Research (Great Britain), publisher.
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