This paper suggests that intergenerationally transmitted ancestral characteristics have a significant impact on attitudes toward immigration. Using a sub-population of second-generation immigrants from the European Social Survey (ESS), we find that historical and linguistic factors that contributed to weaker long-term orientation and higher risk aversion are associated with a greater concern, especially among medium and low-skilled workers, about the economic consequences of immigration and the admission of poorer immigrants. The results are robust to alternative sample definitions, estimation methodology, a rich set of geographical controls, and several potential confounding factors at the country of origin level.
KOVACIC Matija;
ORSO Cristina Elisa;
2023-05-30
SPRINGER
JRC127209
0933-1433 (online),
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00148-023-00947-z,
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC127209,
10.1007/s00148-023-00947-z (online),
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