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The political economy of trade and migration:Evidence from the U.S. Congress
Over the last decades, the United States has become increasingly integrated in the world economy. Very low trade barriers and comparatively liberal migration policies have made these developments possible. What drove US congressmen to support the recent wave of globalization? While much of the literature has emphasized the differences that exist between the political economy of trade and migration, in this paper we find that important similarities should not be overlooked. In particular, our analysis of congressional voting between 1970 and 2006 suggests that economic drivers that work through the labor market play an important role in shaping representatives' behavior on both types of policies. Representatives from more skilled-labor abundant districts are more likely to support both trade liberalization and a more open stance vis-a-vis unskilled immigration. Still, important systematic differences exist: welfare state considerations and network effects have an impact on the support for immigration liberalization, but not for trade; Democratic lawmakers are systematically more likely to support a more open migration stance than their Republican counterparts, and the opposite is true for trade liberalization.
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Englisch
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Series: Beiträge zur Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik 2013: Wettbewerbspolitik und Regulierung in einer globalen Wirtschaftsordnung - Session: Empirical Public Choice ; No. A12-V3
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Wirtschaft
International Migration
Public Economics: General
Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Steinhardt, Max
Conconi, Paola
Facchini, Giovanni
Zanardi, Maurizio
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Veröffentlichung
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ZBW - Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft
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Kiel und Hamburg
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2013
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10.03.2025, 11:41 MEZ
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- Konferenzbeitrag
Beteiligte
- Steinhardt, Max
- Conconi, Paola
- Facchini, Giovanni
- Zanardi, Maurizio
- ZBW - Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft
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- 2013
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