migration by emphasising migrants’ own reflections and experiences. It asks whether and in which ways different welfare concerns … are part of migrants’ decisions regarding (or aspirations for) mobility. Employing a transnational and a translocal … perspective, the book addresses different forms of geographical mobility, such as immigration, emigration, and re …

We investigate whether the dependence of immigrants on welfare benefits leads to opposition to further immigration by … natives lead to less favourable attitudes of natives towards immigration. Interestingly, we do not find similar stylised facts … for immigrants' attitudes towards immigration. …

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

composition of immigrants under free migration is negative. The reason is that welfare state benefits attract unskilled migrants … generosity (and taxes) of the welfare state on the skill composition of migrants is positive if migration is controlled by policy …. Being net contributors to the welfare state, skilled migrants can help finance a more generous welfare-state system; thus …