1. Why Are the Elderly More Averse to Immigration When They Are More Likely to Benefit? evidence across countries : Evidence across Countries
- Author
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Schotte, Simone and Winkler, Hernan
- Subjects
MEASURES ,IMMIGRANT ,RESEARCH ,ADULTHOOD ,ECONOMIC GROWTH ,IMMIGRANTS ,AGING ,CITIZENSHIP ,CITIZENS ,SURVEY DATA ,SOCIETIES ,POPULATION PROJECTIONS ,POPULATION ,UNEMPLOYMENT ,MIGRANTS ,IMMIGRATION POLICY ,ESTIMATES ,WORLD POPULATION ,POLICIES ,IMMIGRATION POLICIES ,POLICY ,SCENARIOS ,TIME ,HOST COUNTRY ,ETHNICITY ,YOUTH ,GENERATIONS ,ADOLESCENCE ,ETHNIC GROUP ,EFFECTS ,POPULATIONS ,BULLETIN ,ORGANIZATIONS ,MIGRATION ,YOUNG WORKERS ,PENSIONS ,SCENARIO ,POLITICAL SUPPORT ,POLICY DISCUSSIONS ,HOUSEHOLD INCOME ,DEMOCRACY ,POLICY RESEARCH ,PSYCHOLOGY ,DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ,AGE ,WAGES ,FERTILITY ,KNOWLEDGE ,POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER ,AGE GROUPS ,PROGRESS ,OLDER PEOPLE ,LABOR MARKET ,ELDERLY ,MORTALITY ,SOCIAL NORMS ,SOCIOLOGY ,THEORY ,DEVELOPMENT POLICY ,LABOR FORCE ,POPULATION SIZE ,NORMS ,SIZE ,IMMIGRATION ,DISCRIMINATION ,PROJECTIONS ,MIGRATION POLICY ,SOCIAL SECURITY ,NATIVE WORKERS ,RESEARCH WORKING PAPERS ,PUBLICATIONS ,DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES ,WEIGHT ,HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS ,METHODOLOGY ,SURVEYS - Abstract
Using household surveys for 24 countries over a 10-year period, this paper investigates why the elderly are more averse to open immigration policies than their younger peers. The analysis finds that the negative correlation between age and pro-immigration attitudes is mostly explained by a cohort or generational change. In fact, once controlling for year of birth, the correlation between age and pro-immigration attitudes is either positive or zero in most of the countries in the sample. Under certain assumptions, the estimates suggest that aging societies will tend to become less averse to open immigration regimes over time.
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- 2016