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South-South migration and the labor market: Evidence from South Africa

Facchini, Giovanni; Mayda, Anna Maria; Mendola, Mariapia - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

contributes to a small but growing literature on the impact of South-South migration by looking at one of the most attractive … with outflows of natives to other districts as a consequence of migration, as in Borjas (2006). …

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Individual Attitudes Towards Immigrants: Welfare-State Determinants Across Countries

Facchini, Giovanni; Mayda, Anna Maria - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

relationships have the opposite signs in economies characterized by skilled migration (relative to the native population). Such …

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Illegal immigration and media exposure: Evidence on individual attitudes

Facchini, Giovanni; Mayda, Anna Maria; Puglisi, Riccardo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

Illegal immigration has been the focus of much debate in receiving countries, but little is known about what drives individual attitudes towards illegal immigrants. To study this question, we use the CCES survey, which was carried out in 2006 in the United States. We find evidence that - in...

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Individual attitudes towards skilled migration: an empirical analysis across countries

Facchini, Giovanni; Mayda, Anna Maria - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

this paper we analyze the factors that affect a direct measure of individual attitudes towards skilled migration, focusing …

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Who is Against Immigration? A Cross-Country Investigation of Individual Attitudes Towards Immigration

Mayda, Anna Maria - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

This paper empirically analyzes both economic and non-economic determinants of attitudes towards immigrants, within and across countries. The two individual-level survey data sets used, covering a wide range of developed and developing countries, make it possible to test for interactive effects...

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From individual attitudes towards migrants to migration policy outcomes: Theory and evidence

Facchini, Giovanni; Mayda, Anna Maria - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008

analyzing patterns in public opinion on migration and find that, across countries of different income levels, only a small … minority of voters favour more open migration policies. Next we investigate the determinants of voters' preferences towards … examines how attitudes translate into a migration policy outcome. We consider two alternative political-economy frameworks: the …

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International Migration: A Panel Data Analysis of the Determinants of Bilateral Flows

Mayda, Anna Maria - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

In this paper I empirically investigate the determinants of migration inflows into fourteen OECD countries by country … of origin, between 1980 and 1995. I analyze the effect on migration of average income and income dispersion in … played by changes in destination countries' migration policies. My analysis both delivers estimates consistent with the …

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Do Interest Groups Affect US Immigration Policy?

Facchini, Giovanni; Mayda, Anna Maria; Mishra, Prachi - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008

relevant role in shaping migration across sectors. Barriers to migration are lower in sectors in which business interest groups …

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Why Are People More Pro-trade Than Pro-migration?

Mayda, Anna Maria - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

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,...

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