Explaining cross-country differences in attitudes towards immigration in the EU-15

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 371-390

  Malchow Møller, Nikolaj ^a   Munch, Jakob Roland ^c   Schroll, Sanne ^a,b   Skaksen, Jan Rose ^a  

^a Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Cross country differences; Immigration

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN UNION; IMMIGRATION; LIVING STANDARD; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 63649108206     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-008-9341-5     Document Type: Article

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