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Tamura, Yuji (2006) Disagreement over the immigration of low-income earners in a welfare state. JOURNAL OF POPULATION ECONOMICS, 19 (4). pp. 691-702. doi:10.1007/s00148-006-0070-2 ISSN 0933-1433.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00148-006-0070-2
Abstract
This paper studies natives' economically motivated preferences over different levels of immigration of low-income earners. Immigration affects natives through both intra- and intergenerational redistribution programmes and in the labour market. Our analysis suggests, in a welfare state that looks after the poor and the aged, economic motivation does not necessarily lead a native to have an extreme opinion on the preferable level of immigration, although it causes disagreement among natives. We find, regardless of parameter values, high-income earners prefer at least as much immigration as low-income earners who, in turn, prefer at least as much immigration as pensioners. The median voter is then likely to be a low-income native.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions |
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Journal or Publication Title: | JOURNAL OF POPULATION ECONOMICS | ||||
Publisher: | SPRINGER | ||||
ISSN: | 0933-1433 | ||||
Official Date: | October 2006 | ||||
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Volume: | 19 | ||||
Number: | 4 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 12 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 691-702 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1007/s00148-006-0070-2 | ||||
Publication Status: | Published |
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