Support for redistribution and the paradox of immigration

Journal of European Social Policy

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 288-304

  Burgoon, Brian ^a   Koster, Ferry ^b   van Egmond, Marcel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

foreign born; government redistribution; immigration; public opinion; welfare state

Indexed keywords

FISCAL POLICY; GOVERNMENT; IMMIGRATION; POLITICS;

EID: 84860638630     PISSN: 09589287     EISSN: 14617269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0958928712440198     Document Type: Article

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