immigrants should depend not just on their own characteristics, but also on the legacy of past immigration from the same country … that history matters in immigrant assimilation: the stronger is the tradition of immigration from a given source country …

foundation for restrictive immigration policies. Existing studies have focused on the responses to survey questions on whether …There is growing interest among economists in public opinion towards immigration, something that is often seen as the … the individual would prefer more or less immigration but not on his or her assessment of its importance as a policy issue …

migration. A century ago, more modest demographic forces in Europe were accompanied by strong catching-up economic growth in the …