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Do Employers Support Immigration?

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  • Yuji Tamura

    (Department of Economics, Trinity College Dublin)

Abstract

This paper examines whether or not being an employer was an important determinant of individual preferences for immigration restriction in the EU member states in the eve of the 2004 enlargement. Our results do not confirm that employers were more pro-immigration than the rest by expecting a reduction in the cost of labor except in the following sector: sanitation-related activities such as refuse disposal and recreational, cultural and sports activities. On the contrary, we find that employers were more likely to be anti-immigration than the rest in sectors where foreign workers were highly present, such as household activities, construction, wholesale, hotels and restaurants.

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  • Yuji Tamura, 2007. "Do Employers Support Immigration?," Trinity Economics Papers tep1107, Trinity College Dublin, Department of Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:tcd:tcduee:tep1107
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    individual attitudes toward immigration; employer; EU;
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    JEL classification:

    • F22 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Migration
    • J23 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Demand

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