Why are people more pro-trade than pro-migration?

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Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2008
Volume: 101
Issue: 3
Pages: 160-163

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Abstract

I analyze individual attitudes towards trade and immigration in comparative terms. I find that individuals are on average more pro-trade than pro-immigration across several countries. I identify a key source of this difference: the cleavage in trade preferences, absent in immigration attitudes, between individuals working in traded as opposed to non-traded sectors.

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RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:101:y:2008:i:3:p:160-163
Journal Field
General
Author Count
1
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2026-01-25