Why Are the Elderly More Averse to Immigration When They Are More Likely to Benefit? evidence across countries : Evidence across Countries

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-immi...

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Main Authors: Schotte, Simone, Winkler, Hernan
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/02/25861531/elderly-more-averse-immigration-more-likely-benefit-evidence-across-countries
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23729

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