Quantifying Determinants of Immigration Preferences
Journal
University of St.Gallen Discussion Paper
Type
discussion paper
Date Issued
2017-07-01
Author(s)
Hansen, Ole-Petter Moe
Abstract (De)
This paper quantifies the relative importance of determinants of individual-level immigration preferences. We develop and estimate a new latent-factor model using survey data on eighteen countries from the European Social Survey from 2014 and 2015. On a methodological level, we address several potential problems causing biased estimates. Identifying individual-level economic concerns about immigration, worries about compositional amenities, racism, and altruism as drivers of immigration-related preferences, the estimation results show that racism is quantitatively the most important factor. It is about as important as the joint effect of worries about the economic and non-economic effects of immigration. Furthermore, we document that altruism raises significantly the support for immigration, although it is quantitatively less important
than the other factors.
than the other factors.
Language
English
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
HSG Profile Area
SEPS - Economic Policy
Number
2017-10
Pages
38
Official URL
Subject(s)
Eprints ID
251285
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