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Public Opinion and Immigration: Who Favours Employment Discrimination against Immigrants?
Author(s) -
Cooray Arusha,
Marfouk Abdeslam,
Nazir Maliha
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
international migration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.681
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1468-2435
pISSN - 0020-7985
DOI - 10.1111/imig.12457
Subject(s) - immigration , public opinion , preference , demographic economics , politics , political science , economics , law , microeconomics
Using information from the world values survey wave 6, containing information from 78,743 respondents in 53 countries, we examine the factors which influence respondents’ answers to the question: “ when jobs are scarce, should employers give priority to people of the country of origin rather than immigrants? ” Taking into account a number of factors, including the economic, socio‐demographic, political and individual levels, we find that all of these factors influence respondents’ preference for this form of discrimination.