Attitudes towards immigration in Europe

Sarah Bridges and Simona Mateut

No 2009008, Working Papers from The University of Sheffield, Department of Economics

Abstract: This paper examines opposition towards immigration in Europe. Although we find evidence that both economic and non-economic variables shape attitudes towards the arrival of immigrants, the relative importance of these factors depends crucially on the race/ethnicity of the arriving immigrants. We find that more exposure to immigrants reduces opposition towards the arrival of different race immigrants, while fears over labour market competition are more likely to shape attitudes towards the arrival of same race immigrants. Social welfare considerations are also important in determining attitudes towards further immigration, but mainly towards those of a different race.

Keywords: Attitudes; Immigration; European Union (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F1 F22 J61 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 31 pages
Date: 2009-05, Revised 2009-05
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-lab, nep-mig and nep-pol
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