Economic Strain, Ethnic Concentration and Attitudes Towards Foreigners in the European Union Export

@article{14158, abstract = {provides a statistical analysis of the determinants of attitudes towards foreigners displayed by Europeans sampled in Eurobarometer surveys in 1988 and 1997. Europeans who compete with immigrants in the labor market have more negative attitudes towards foreigners. In addition, an increased concentration of immigrants in local neighborhoods increases the likelihood of negative attitudes. Racial prejudice exerts a strong influence on anti-foreigner sentiment. The generally rising trend towards greater racial prejudice, and the decline in the strength of educational attainment in reducing negative attitudes towards foreigners, contribute to the increasing anti-foreigner attitudes between 1988 and 1997.}, author = {Gang, Ira N. and Rivera-Batiz, Francisco and Yun, Myeong-Su}, citeulike-article-id = {4962800}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=331475}, journal = {IZA - Institute for the Study of Labor - DIscussion Papers}, keywords = {anti-foreigner, attitudes, concentration, decomposition, ethnic, file-import-09-06-25, force, labor, migrants, prejudice, probit, racial, sentiments, status, towards}, month = {September}, posted-at = {2009-06-25 22:51:41}, priority = {2}, title = {Economic Strain, Ethnic Concentration and Attitudes Towards Foreigners in the European Union}, url = {http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=331475}, volume = {578}, year = {2002} }

TY - JOUR ID - 14158 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4962800 N2 - provides a statistical analysis of the determinants of attitudes towards foreigners displayed by Europeans sampled in Eurobarometer surveys in 1988 and 1997. Europeans who compete with immigrants in the labor market have more negative attitudes towards foreigners. In addition, an increased concentration of immigrants in local neighborhoods increases the likelihood of negative attitudes. Racial prejudice exerts a strong influence on anti-foreigner sentiment. The generally rising trend towards greater racial prejudice, and the decline in the strength of educational attainment in reducing negative attitudes towards foreigners, contribute to the increasing anti-foreigner attitudes between 1988 and 1997. JF - IZA - Institute for the Study of Labor - DIscussion Papers TI - Economic Strain, Ethnic Concentration and Attitudes Towards Foreigners in the European Union VL - 578 KW - anti-foreigner KW - attitudes KW - concentration KW - decomposition KW - ethnic KW - file-import-09-06-25 KW - force KW - labor KW - migrants KW - prejudice KW - probit KW - racial KW - sentiments KW - status KW - towards AU - Gang, Ira AU - Rivera-Batiz, Francisco AU - Yun, Myeong-Su PY - 2002/09//undefined UR - http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=331475 ER -