Individual attitudes towards immigration: Economic vs non-economic determinants

Immigration and Public Opinion in Liberal Democracies

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 129-157

  Facchini, Giovanni ^a,b   Mayda, Anna Maria ^c   Puglisi, Riccardo ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

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EID: 84917167769     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203095133     Document Type: Chapter

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