This paper studies attitudes towards income redistribution in the country of origin among those who stay in a welfare … increasing income redistribution, while majority of women supports it. Women are somewhat more positive towards redistribution … also in Denmark, but the gender difference is much smaller. We study to what extent differences in attitudes towards …

I examine the effect of immigrant inflows in Europe on natives' individual attitudes towards redistribution and … immigration policy over the last decade. Unlike previous studies, I analyze the evolution over time of these two types of … essentially on how immigration is perceived to affect wages and net welfare benefits. Specifically, I find that, when immigrants …

This paper studies the impact of immigration on public policy setting. As a natural experiment, we exploit the sudden …, and a pro-immigrant party received high vote shares. We further document that this episode of mass immigration had lasting … effects on people's preferences for redistribution. In areas with larger inflows in the 1940s, people have substantially …

redistribution. Immigration has increased native welfare in almost all countries. Both high-skilled and low-skilled natives benefit …We study the effects of immigration on native welfare in a general equilibrium model featuring two skill types, search … studied, immigration attenuates the effects of search frictions. These gains tend to outweigh the welfare costs of …

redistribution. Immigration has increased native welfare in almost all countries. Both high-skilled and low-skilled natives benefit …We study the effects of immigration on native welfare in a general equilibrium model featuring two skill types, search … studied, immigration attenuates the effects of search frictions. These gains tend to outweigh the welfare costs of …

We test the relationship between historical immigration to the United States and political ideology today. We … redistribution among US born individuals today. Next, we show that this correlation is not driven by the characteristics of the … with the hypothesis that immigration left its footprint on American ideology via cultural transmission from immigrants to …