Who Is Afraid of Skilled Migrants From Europe? Exploring Support for Immigration Control in Switzerland

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DOI :

https://doi.org/10.1515/sjs-2018-0004

Mots-clés :

immigration control, Switzerland, cultural threat, economic threat, factorial survey experiment

Résumé

The paper analyses the role of economic and cultural threat in exploring support for immigration control in Switzerland. A factorial survey experiment enables us to look into different migrant characteristics. Results show more support for immigration control for Eastern Europeans and low-skilled migrants. However, German migrants do not gain acceptance due to being highly skilled, and their willingness to adapt culturally is crucial for native Swiss with a high level of national pride.

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Numéro 1

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Articles

Numéro

5988

Langue

English

Publié-e

2018-04-11