Disagreement over the immigration of low-income earners in a welfare state |
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Authors: | Email author" target="_blank">Yuji?TamuraEmail author |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Economics, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK |
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Abstract: | This paper studies natives’ economically motivated preferences over different levels of immigration of low-income earners. Immigration affects natives through both intra- and intergenerational redistribution programmes and in the labour market. Our analysis suggests, in a welfare state that looks after the poor and the aged, economic motivation does not necessarily lead a native to have an extreme opinion on the preferable level of immigration, although it causes disagreement among natives. We find, regardless of parameter values, high-income earners prefer at least as much immigration as low-income earners who, in turn, prefer at least as much immigration as pensioners. The median voter is then likely to be a low-income native. |
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Keywords: | Immigration Welfare state Natives’ preferences |
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