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

Anna Maria Mayda ()

No 6351, CEPR Discussion Papers from C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers

Abstract: 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, between individuals working in traded as opposed to non-traded sectors.

Keywords: Immigration Attitudes; Political Economy; Trade Attitudes (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F1 F22 J61 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007-06
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