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

Anna Maria Mayda

No 611, RF Berlin - CReAM Discussion Paper Series from Rockwool Foundation Berlin (RF Berlin) - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM)

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 di.erence: 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: F1 F22 J61 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006-07
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-int, nep-mig and nep-pol
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Journal Article: Why are people more pro-trade than pro-migration? (2008)
Working Paper: Why Are People More Pro-trade Than Pro-migration? (2007)
Working Paper: Why Are People More Pro-Trade than Pro-Migration? (2007)
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