Impact of the economic context on the attitude towards the immigrant. Differences between European countries
- Victor Bazán-Monasterio
- Ana Gil-Lacruz Universidad de Zaragoza https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7994-923X
- Isabel Saz-Gil a:1:{s:5:"es_ES";s:23:"Universidad de Zaragoza";} https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2807-3482
Abstract
The main objective is to analyse the changes in attitudes towards immigrants (ATI), in different economic contexts, while studying the effects that determine these changes. For this purpose, we use data from the European Social Survey database for two periods (2002 and 2014), taking as a reference point the economic and labor drivers that make up the ATI, we perform an econometric analysis using the Kitagawa-Oaxaca-Blinder technique. Since we consider 5 different ATIs, we repeat the estimations 5 times. The results vary according to the modelled ATI. Among the main results, we highlight that the context is an even more relevant determinant than the native characteristics, although it depends on the spatial correlation.
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VICTOR BAZÁN MONASTERIO, Programa de Doctorado en Economía y Gestión de las Organizaciones. Departamento de Dirección y Organización de Empresas, Universidad de Zaragoza. Tfno: (+34) 976 761000, ext tel 84-5206
ANA GIL-LACRUZ, Departamento de Dirección y Organización de Empresas, Universidad de Zaragoza, Escuela de Ingeniería y Arquitectura, María de Luna, 3; Edificio Betancourt, Campus Río Ebro, 50018 Zaragoza (España). Tfno: (+34) 976 761000, ext tel 84-5206. E-mail: anagil@unizar.es. Ana Isabel Gil-Lacruz es economista empírica de la salud en la Universidad de Zaragoza (España). Gil-Lacruz ha estado trabajando recientemente en los proyectos patrocinados por el Instituto Nacional de Salud de los Estados Unidos y por la Asociación Española de Economía de la Salud. Estas investigaciones han dado lugar a trabajos publicados en las revistas: Empirical Economics, The European Journal of Health Economics, Social Indicators Research, entre otros
ISABEL SAZ-GIL, Departamento de Dirección y Organización de Empresas, Universidad de Zaragoza, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales y Humanas, Ciudad Escolar s/n, 44003 Teruel (Spain). Tfno: (+34) 978 645376, ext tel 86-1376. Fax: 978 618103. E-mail: sazgil@unizar.es. Saz-Gil es miembro del Grupo de Estudios Sociales y Económicos del Tercer Sector, que participa y colabora con diferentes redes de investigación. Esta investigación ha dado lugar a trabajos publicados en las revistas: Hacienda Pública Española, Ciriec-España: Revista de Economía Pública, Social y Cooperativa, Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, entre otros.
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