Fixed-term work contracts and anti-immigration attitudes. A novel test of ethnic competition theory
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4237685 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Evelyn Ersanilli (0000-0002-6286-1688, University of Amsterdam, corresponding author), Patrick Präg (0000-0001-6175-8470, Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 293-318 |
| Publication date | 2023-03-17 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Socio-Economic Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1475-1461 • E-ISSN: 1475-147X |
| DOI | 10.1093/ser/mwab059 |
| OpenAlex | W4226236762 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 47 |
Whether labor market competition is shaping anti-immigration attitudes is a contentious issue. We conduct a novel test of ethnic competition theory by comparing the attitudes toward immigration of workers with fixed-term contracts to those with permanent jobs in Europe. Fixed-term contract workers are particularly at risk of competition as they have to compete for jobs in the foreseeable future. In the first step of our investigation, we analyze cross-sectional data (European Social Survey, 2002-18) from 18 Western European countries. We find that-contrary to our expectation-fixed-term workers are less anti-immigration. The effect is substantively small. In the second step, we use a fixed-effects design with longitudinal data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP, 1999-2015) to rule out time-constant unobserved heterogeneity. We find that transitioning from a fixed to a permanent contract does not affect anti-immigration attitudes. Our combined results thus add to the growing body of studies that do not find evidence for labor market competition as an explanation of anti-immigrant attitudes
Affect (linguistics · Competition (biology · Demographic economics · Econometrics · Economics · Ethnic group · European Social Survey · Fixed effects model · German · Immigration · Labour economics · Panel data · Political science · Test (biology · Employment and Welfare Studies · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |