Why Are People More Pro-Trade than Pro-Migration?

Anna Maria Mayda ()

No 2855, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

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)
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Working Paper: Why Are People More Pro-trade Than Pro-migration? (2007)
Working Paper: Why are people more pro-trade than pro-migration? (2006)
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