Unemployed immigrants and voter sentiment in the welfare state

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 87, Issue 7-8, 2003, Pages 1641-1655

  Epstein, Gil S ^a,b   Hillman, Arye L ^a,b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b CEPR   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Immigration policy; Unemployment; Voters; Welfare state

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041340907     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2727(01)00197-9     Document Type: Article

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