Why are the Elderly more Averse to Immigration When They are More Likely to Benefit? : Evidence across Countries / Simone Schotte
Contributor(s): Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Series: World Bank E-Library ArchivePublisher: Washington, D.C : The World Bank, 2016Description: 1 Online-Ressource (34 p)Additional physical formats: Erscheint auch als: Why are the Elderly more Averse to Immigration When They are More Likely to Benefit? Evidence across Countries. Druck-Ausgabe Washington, D.C : The World Bank, 2016DOI: DOI: 10.1596/1813-9450-7554Online resources: Summary: Using household surveys for 24 countries over a 10-year period, this paper investigates why the elderly are more averse to open immigration policies than their younger peers. The analysis finds that the negative correlation between age and pro-immigration attitudes is mostly explained by a cohort or generational change. In fact, once controlling for year of birth, the correlation between age and pro-immigration attitudes is either positive or zero in most of the countries in the sample. Under certain assumptions, the estimates suggest that aging societies will tend to become less averse to open immigration regimes over timePPN: PPN: 1724870823Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-1-WBANo physical items for this record