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

Anna Maria Mayda

Economics Letters, 2008, vol. 101, issue 3, 160-163

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)
Date: 2008
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