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How the macroeconomic context impacts on attitudes to immigration: evidence from parallel time series

Ruist, Joakim - 2014

This study investigates the effects of the macroeconomic context on attitudes to immigration. Earlier studies do in … Survey. The results provide firm empirical support in favor of macroeconomic variation importantly affecting attitudes to …

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Gender and Ethnicity-Married immigrants in Britain

Dustmann, Christian; Fabbri, Francesca - 2005

In this paper we investigate economic activity of female immigrants and their husbands in Britain. We distinguish between two immigrant groups: foreign born females who belong to an ethnic minority group and their husbands, and foreign born females who are white and their husbands. We compare...

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The Impact of Immigration on the UK Labour Market

Dustmann, Christian; Fabbri, Francesca; Preston, Ian - 2005

This paper provides an empirical investigation of the way immigration affects labour market outcomes of native born workers in the UK, set beside a theoretical discussion of the underlying economic mechanisms. We discuss the problems that may arise in empirical estimations, and suggest ways to...

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Racial Harassment, Ethnic Concentration and Economic Conditions

Dustmann, Christian; Preston, Ian; Fabbri, Francesca - 2004

racial harassment and hostile majority attitudes on the other. We distinguish the formation of hostile attitudes and the …

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Is Immigration Good or Bad for the Economy? Analysis of Attitudinal Responses

Dustmann, Christian; Preston, Ian - 2004

In this paper we study attitudinal responses of host country residents towards further immigration that are triggered by economic considerations. We develop an economic model motivating the empirical work that takes a broader view on these issues than previous papers. We provide empirical...

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Direct Evidence on Risk Attitudes and Migration

Jaeger, David A.; Bonin, Holger; Dohmen, Thomas; Falk, Armin - 2007

attitudes towards risk, but the empirical evidence, to the extent that it exists, has been indirect. In this paper, we use newly … attitudes towards risk. We find that individuals who are more willing to take risks are more likely to migrate between labor …

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