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affects the attitudes of its members towards immigration. Hence, an aging social environment exerts an effect on the attitudes … of individuals towards immigration after accounting for their age and other individual characteristics. We test this … “societal population aging” is the old-age dependency ratio. “Attitudes” are taken from immigration related questions in eight …
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. We analyze Polish immigration in the context of the 2004 enlargement of the European Union and find a positive and … particularly interesting as Polish immigration to Germany was not based on selection by qualification in our period of analysis …
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Immigration policies in western democracies have often been contrary to the policies predicted by the mainstream theory … defection from worker-supported political-establishment parties to new-entrant anti-immigration political candidates and parties …
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After the end of World War II in 1945, millions of refugees arrived in what in 1949 became the Federal Republic of Germany. We examine their effect on today’s productivity, wages, income, rents, education, and population density at the municipality level. Our identification strategy is based...
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Can political leaders change constituents’ beliefs? If so, is it rhetoric, identity, or the interaction of the two that matters? We construct a large-scale experiment where participants are exposed to anti-immigrant and pro-immigrant speeches from both Presidents Obama and Trump. We benchmark...
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Using data from two representative and large-scale population surveys with more than 4000 participants, we investigate the effect of randomized priming interventions on attitudes towards immigrants. We document robust null effects of these interventions under two experimental settings, across...
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This paper investigates the relationship between immigration and inequality in the UK over the past forty years. This … the impact immigration had on wage inequality in the UK through two channels: the first is the effect on the earnings … examine the impact of immigration on the fiscal budget, and the potentially unequal impact of the ensuing tax implications on …
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Immigration is one of the most divisive political issues in many countries today. Competing narratives, circulated via …
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How does previous exposure to massive immigrant inflows affect concerns about current immigration and the integration …
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The offshoring of production by multinational firms has expanded dramatically in recent decades, increasing these firms’ potential for economic growth and technological transfers across countries. What determines the location of offshore production? How do countries' policies and...
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