Economists are often puzzled by the stronger public opposition to immigration than trade, since the two policies have … similar effects on wages. Unlike trade, however, immigration can alter the composition of the local population, imposing … toward immigration. We use data for 21 countries in the 2002 European Social Survey, which included a series of questions on …

An influential strand of research has tested for the effects of immigration on natives' wages and employment using … consensus that the impact of immigration on average native-born workers is small, and fails to substantiate claims of large …

In this paper we document the impact of immigration at the regional level on Europeans' political preferences as … consistent with the impact of immigration on individual political preferences, which we estimate using longitudinal data, and on … opinions about immigrants. Conversely, immigration did not affect electoral turnout. Simulations based on the estimated …

We examine the relationship between immigration and attitudes toward redistribution using a newly assembled data set of …

Recent studies analyzing the effects of religion on various economic, social, health and political outcomes have been … to previous studies, we find positive effects of religion on reducing all addictive substance use during adolescence, but …

arrivals, can account for only a small portion of it. The upturn appears to have been caused in part by a shift in immigration …