From Individual Attitudes towards Migrants to Migration Policy Outcomes: Theory and Evidence

Economic Policy 56 October 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 653-714

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

"immigrants"; Individual attitudes towards immigrants; Mapping individual preferences into policy outcomes; Stylized facts on international migration and migration policies; Theory and evidence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889311095     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444307238.ch2     Document Type: Chapter

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