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Should They Stay or Should They Go? Attitudes Towards Immigration in Europe
Author(s) -
Bridges Sarah,
Mateut Simona
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
scottish journal of political economy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.4
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1467-9485
pISSN - 0036-9292
DOI - 10.1111/sjpe.12051
Subject(s) - immigration , socioeconomic status , race (biology) , opposition (politics) , demographic economics , ethnic group , cohort , economics , competition (biology) , political science , sociology , demography , medicine , population , gender studies , ecology , politics , law , biology
This paper examines the main determinants of individual attitudes towards immigration in E urope. Our results suggest that both economic and non‐economic variables shape attitudes towards immigration, but the relative importance of these factors depends crucially on the race/ethnicity of the arriving immigrants. While fears over labour market competition are more likely to shape attitudes towards the arrival of same race immigrants, more exposure to immigrants reduces opposition towards the arrival of different race immigrants. These findings persist after controlling for socioeconomic characteristics, and after exploiting the data to allow for cohort‐specific effects.