Why are people more pro-trade than pro-migration?

Anna Maria Mayda ()

No 611, CReAM Discussion Paper Series from Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), Department of Economics, University College London

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; Trade Attitudes; Political Economy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F22 F1 J61 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-int, nep-mig and nep-pol
Date: Written
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Related works:
Working Paper: Why Are People More Pro-Trade than Pro-Migration? (2007)
Working Paper: Why Are People More Pro-trade Than Pro-migration? (2007)
Journal Article: Why are people more pro-trade than pro-migration? (2008)
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