Do Employers Support Immigration?

Yuji Tamura

Economic Papers from Trinity College Dublin, Economics Department

Abstract: This paper examines whether or not being an employer was an important determinant of individual preferences for immigration restriction in the EU member states in the eve of the 2004 enlargement. Our results do not confirm that employers were more pro-immigration than the rest by expecting a reduction in the cost of labor except in the following sector: sanitation-related activities such as refuse disposal and recreational, cultural and sports activities. On the contrary, we find that employers were more likely to be anti-immigration than the rest in sectors where foreign workers were highly present, such as household activities, construction, wholesale, hotels and restaurants.

Keywords: individual attitudes toward immigration; employer; EU (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F22 J23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 49 pages
Date: 2007-10
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-eec, nep-hrm and nep-mig
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