Does the welfare state affect individual attitudes toward immigrants? Evidence across countries

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 295-314

  Facchini, Giovanni ^a,b,c,d   Mayda, Anna Maria ^c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^d Centro Studi Luca d'Agliano   (Italy)

^e GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 70349722961     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/rest.91.2.295     Document Type: Article

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