This paper provides new evidence regarding public opinion on immigration by studying the Spanish case, and by analyzing … not only respondents' preferences regarding immigration levels, but also regarding admittance policies and the rights and … benefits to grant to foreigners. In general, Spaniards support less immigration, and more selectivity based on skills and …

This paper re-examines the role of labor-market competition as a determinant of attitudes toward immigration. We claim … are relatively more pro-immigration. This is true for both our new measures of exposure. Second, we show that the … positive effect of education on pro-immigration attitudes is greatly reduced when we control for the degree of communication …

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 …

toward immigrants. I find that individuals with higher levels of skill are more likely to be pro-immigration in high per … correlated with immigration attitudes but they do not seem to alter significantly the results on the economic explanations. …

immigration. …

sensitive to the immigration policies set by other destination countries, an externality that we are able to quantify. …

In this paper, we re-examine the role of economic self-interest in shaping people's attitudes towards immigration … 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 …

The literature has noted that native views about legal as opposed to undocumented immigration in the U.S. differ …. Furthermore, native views about immigration are known to vary by gender. Yet, most surveys do not inquire native men and women … differences in native male and female opinions with regards to legal and undocumented immigration and their determinants. Native …