Attitudes Towards Immigration

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dc.contributor.author	Munch, Jakob Roland	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Rose Skaksen, Jan	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Schroll, Sanne	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Malchow-Møller, Nikolaj	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2009-02-04T10:27:37Z
dc.date.available	2009-02-04T10:27:37Z
dc.date.issued	2006-12-14T00:00:00Z	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7517
dc.description.abstract	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.	en_US
dc.format.extent	31 s.	en_US
dc.language	eng	en_US
dc.language	dan	en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Working paper;DP 2006-11	en_US
dc.subject.other	attitudes, immigration, economic self-interest	en_US
dc.title	Attitudes Towards Immigration	en_US
dc.type	wp	en_US
dc.accessionstatus	modt06dec14 chlamo	en_US
dc.contributor.corporation	Copenhagen Business School. CBS	en_US
dc.contributor.department	Centre for Economic and Business Research	en_US
dc.contributor.departmentshort	CEBR	en_US
dc.contributor.departmentuk	Centre for Economic and Business Research	en_US
dc.contributor.departmentukshort	CEBR	en_US
dc.idnumber	x656537379	en_US
dc.publisher.city	København	en_US
dc.publisher.year	2006	en_US
dc.title.subtitle	Does Economic Self-Interest Matter	en_US