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An Expert Stakeholder's View on European Integration Challenges

Constant, Amelie F. - 2014

The standard approach of analyzing gaps in social and labor market outcomes of different ethnic groups relies on analysis of statistical data about the affected groups. In this paper we go beyond this approach by measuring the views of expert stakeholders involved in minority integration. This...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013068832

Happiness in Europe : Cross-Country Differences in the Determinants of Subjective Well-Being

Pedersen, Peder J. - 2009

The purpose in the present paper is to use individual panel data in the European Community Household Panel to analyse the impact on self-reported satisfaction from a number of economic and demographic variables. The paper contributes to the ongoing discussion of the relationship between life...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013154979

Labor-Market Exposure as a Determinant of Attitudes Toward Immigration

Ortega, Francesc - 2009

This paper re-examines the role of labor-market competition as a determinant of attitudes toward immigration. We claim two main contributions. First, we use more sophisticated measures of the degree of exposure to competition from immigrants than previously done. Specifically, we focus on the...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013154997

Who Compares to Whom? The Anatomy of Income Comparisons in Europe

Clark, Andrew - 2009

This paper provides unprecedented direct evidence from large-scale survey data on both the intensity (how much?) and direction (to whom?) of income comparisons. Income comparisons are considered to be at least somewhat important by three-quarters of Europeans. They are associated with both lower...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013155578

Terrorism, Political Opinions, and Election Outcomes : Evidence from Europe

Peri, Giovanni - 2020

There is surprisingly little evidence on how terror attacks impact elections. With only a few exceptions, previous studies in this literature have focused on a particular country or attack, limiting their generalizability. Ours is the first comprehensive, multi-country examination of the effects...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012838460

Attitudes Towards Immigration : Does Economic Self-Interest Matter?

Malchow-Moeller, Nikolaj - 2006

In this paper, we re-examine the role of economic self-interest in shaping people's attitudes towards immigration, using data from the European Social Survey 2002/2003. Compared to the existing literature, there are two main contributions of the present paper. First, we develop a more powerful...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012779394

Public Opinion on Immigration in Europe : Preference versus Salience

Hatton, Timothy J. - 2017

There is growing interest among economists in public opinion towards immigration, something that is often seen as the … of public opinion move differently over time and in response to different macro-level variables. The results suggest that … both dimensions need to be taken into account when assessing the overall climate of public opinion towards immigration …

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Second-Generation Immigrants and Native Attitudes Toward Immigrants in Europe

Barrera, Oscar; Bensidoun, Isabelle; Edo, Anthony - 2022

This paper investigates the role played by immigrants and their children in shaping native attitudes toward immigrants in the European Union. By exploiting the 2017 Special Eurobarometer on immigrant integration, we show that countries with a relatively high share of immigrants are more likely...

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Natives' Attitudes and Immigration Flows to Europe

Di Iasio, Valentina; Wahba, Jackline - 2023

This paper examines the effects of natives' anti-immigration attitudes on migration flows to EU countries. We use panel data for migration to the EU between 1995-2018. We address the potential endogeneity between public attitudes and migration flows using instrumental variable techniques. We...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014261035

Attitudes Towards Immigrants, Other Integration Barriers, and Their Veracity

Constant, Amelie F.; Kahanec, Martin; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2021

Opinion Survey 2007 we depict main trends in the integration situation of ethnic minorities in Europe in a comparative manner …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013325024

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