Working Paper: CEPR ID: DP6351
Authors: Anna Maria Mayda
Abstract: I analyze individual attitudes towards trade and immigration in comparative terms. I find that individuals are on average more pro-trade than pro-immigration across several countries. I identify a key source of this difference: the cleavage in trade preferences, absent in immigration attitudes, between individuals working in traded as opposed to non-traded sectors.
Keywords: immigration attitudes; political economy; trade attitudes
JEL Codes: F1; F22; J61
Edges that are evidenced by causal inference methods are in orange, and the rest are in light blue.
| Cause | Effect |
|---|---|
| Favoring trade policies (F13) | Migration attitudes (F22) |
| Working in a traded sector (F16) | Favoring trade policies (F13) |
| Working in a nontraded sector (L39) | Favoring trade policies (F13) |
| Working in a comparative disadvantage sector (J79) | Favoring trade policies (F13) |
| Working in a comparative disadvantage sector (J79) | Migration attitudes (F22) |