The Role of Social Capital in Shaping Europeans’ Immigration Sentiments
| Autor: | Dimitris Karamanis, Sofia Xesfingi, Claire Economidou, Alexandra Kechrinioti |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
Sociology and Political Science media_common.quotation_subject Economics Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous) Geography Planning and Development Immigration o52 Development Political science Cultural diversity 0502 economics and business JV1-9480 050602 political science & public administration c25 f22 survey j61 050207 economics Demography media_common HT201-221 public attitude 05 social sciences City population. Including children in cities immigration 0506 political science Salient Anthropology social capital Demographic economics Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migration europe Period (music) Social capital immigration |
| Zdroj: | IZA Journal of Development and Migration, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 207-234 (2020) |
| ISSN: | 2520-1786 |
| Popis: | Migration has manifested itself to historic highs, creating divisive views among politicians, policy makers, and individuals. The present paper studies the Europeans’ attitudes toward immigration, focusing particularly on the role of social capital. Based on 267,282 respondents from 22 countries and over the period 2002–2014, we find that despite the eventful past years, Europeans, on average, are positive toward immigrants with the North European countries to be the least xenophobic. A salient finding of our analysis is that regardless of the impact of other contextual factors, namely, a country’s macroeconomic conditions, ethnic diversity, cultural origin, and individuals’ attributes, social capital associates with positive attitudes toward all immigrants, independent of their background. Furthermore, social capital moderates the negative effects of perceived threat on people’s opinions about immigrants. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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