Determinants of Attitudes Towards Immigration: A Trade-Theoretic Approach

This paper uses a three-factor (capital, low and high-skill labour), two-household (low and high-skill individuals), two-sector trade model to analyse the determinants of voter attitudes towards immigration under direct democracy and identify factors that would be coherent with both the observed increase in the skilled-unskilled wage differential and the stiffening attitudes towards low-skill capital-poor immigration.

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Year of publication:	1998
Authors:	Bilal, S. ; Grether, J.-M. ; de Melo, J.
Institutions:	Institut d'Economie et Econométrie, Université de Genève
Subject:	IMMIGRATION \| DEMOCRACY \| TRADE

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Series:	Research Papers by the Institute of Economics and Econometrics, Geneva School of Economics and Management, University of Geneva.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	27 pages
Classification:	F22 - International Migration ; J61 - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers ; D72 - Economic Models of Political Processes: Rent-Seeking, Elections, Legistures, and Voting Behavior
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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