Why are people more pro-trade than pro-migration?
I analyze individual attitudes towards trade and immigration in comparative terms. I find that individuals are on average more pro-trade than pro-immigration across several countries. I identify a key source of this difference: the cleavage in trade preferences, absent in immigration attitudes, between individuals working in traded as opposed to non-traded sectors.
Year of publication: |
2008
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Authors: | Mayda, Anna Maria |
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Economics Letters. - Elsevier, ISSN 0165-1765. - Vol. 101.2008, 3, p. 160-163
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Publisher: |
Elsevier |
Keywords: | Immigration attitudes Trade attitudes Political economy |
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