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P OLITICAL I DEOLOGY AND I NDIVIDUAL- L EVEL A TTITUDES T OWARDS I MMIGRATION

P OLITICAL I DEOLOGY AND I NDIVIDUAL- L EVEL A TTITUDES T OWARDS I MMIGRATION IN THE E UROPEAN U NION : E VIDENCE FROM THE E UROPEAN V ALUES S TUDY, 2008/2009 Marek Hlav áč June 14 th , 2011. R ESEARCH Q UESTIONS 1.) How does an individual’s political ideology affect his or her:

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P OLITICAL I DEOLOGY AND I NDIVIDUAL- L EVEL A TTITUDES T OWARDS I MMIGRATION

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  1. POLITICAL IDEOLOGY AND INDIVIDUAL-LEVEL ATTITUDES TOWARDS IMMIGRATION IN THE EUROPEAN UNION: EVIDENCE FROM THE EUROPEAN VALUES STUDY, 2008/2009 Marek Hlaváč June 14th, 2011

  2. RESEARCH QUESTIONS • 1.) How does an individual’s political ideology affect his or her: • attitudes towards immigration? • immigration policy preferences? • 2.) Does the effect differ by country? • DATA: European Values Study, 2008/2009

  3. INSTEAD OF AFFILIATION WITH THE POLITICAL RIGHT, USE 3 DIMENSIONS: LAISSEZ-FAIRE VIEWS SOCIAL TRADITIONALISM NATIONAL PRIDE

  4. DEPENDENT VARIABLES • Immigration Attitudes Index

  5. IMMIGRATION ATTITUDES INDEX

  6. DEPENDENT VARIABLES b) Permissive Immigration Policy Dummy

  7. IMMIGRATION POLICY PREFERENCES

  8. DEPENDENT VARIABLES b) Permissive Immigration Policy Dummy

  9. INDEPENDENT VARIABLES i) Laissez-Faire Index

  10. LAISSEZ-FAIRE INDEX

  11. INDEPENDENT VARIABLES ii) Index of Social Traditionalism

  12. INDEX OF SOCIAL TRADITIONALISM

  13. INDEPENDENT VARIABLES iii) National/civic pride

  14. EMPIRICAL MODEL • Attitudes towards immigrants: • Policy preferences:

  15. RESULTS: POOLED EU-27 • Attitudes towards immigrants:

  16. RESULTS: POOLED EU-27 • b) Policy preferences:

  17. RESULTS: BY COUNTRY • a) Attitudes towards immigrants:

  18. RESULTS: BY COUNTRY • b) Policy preferences:

  19. DEMOGRAPHIC AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC DETERMINANTS: • Age: substantively insignificant • Gender: no effect • Foreign born and student: large positive • Education: positive association • Employment: small positive

  20. POLICY IMPLICATIONS • Political success and survival • Country heterogeneity  Modesty • Other independent variables: • Optimal investment in education • Immigration system design • Foreign aid programs • Income redistribution • Aging of the European population

  21. THANK YOU! LAISSEZ-FAIRE VIEWS SOCIAL TRADITIONALISM NATIONAL PRIDE

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