Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5061815 | Economics Letters | 2008 | 4 Pages |
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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Authors
Anna Maria Mayda,