Artikel

Who Opposes Immigrants' Integration into the Labor Market? The Swiss Case

First, we spell out a political-economy model, based on segmented labor markets, which explains why a guest-worker system is preferred to a non-discriminatory immigration regime and why measures to improve the integration of low-skill immigrants tend to be opposed subsequently. The model also predicts that attitudes towards the integration of immigrants are positively related to education. Second, we examine the empirical evidence on attitudes towards the integration of immigrants. Our findings from Swiss data are consistent with the prediction of the theoretical model. Both economic and non-economic factors seem to matter in the positive relationship between attitudes and education.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Journal: Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics ; ISSN: 2235-6282 ; Volume: 146 ; Year: 2010 ; Issue: 4 ; Pages: 741-767 ; Heidelberg: Springer

Classification
Wirtschaft
International Migration
Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
Subject
immigration
immigrant integration
guest-workers
political economy

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Müller, Tobias
Tai, Silvio H. T.
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Springer
(where)
Heidelberg
(when)
2010

DOI
doi:10.1007/BF03399335
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  • Artikel

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  • Müller, Tobias
  • Tai, Silvio H. T.
  • Springer

Time of origin

  • 2010

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