| Author Name | TOMIURA Eiichi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / ITO Banri (Research Associate, RIETI) / MUKUNOKI Hiroshi (Gakushuin University) / WAKASUGI Ryuhei (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) |
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| Creation Date/NO. | March 2017 17-E-033 |
| Research Project | Empirical Studies on the Chinese Market and Trade Policy |
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Abstract
This paper examines individual attitudes toward immigration and compares them with trade policy preferences based on a survey of over 10,000 respondents in Japan. People opposing both immigration and import liberalization are influenced by status-quo bias, while risk averters are more likely to be protectionists. Individuals with anti-immigrant sentiments tend to have pessimistic prospects of the national economy, dislike of changing of residential locations, or have no personal acquaintances with foreigners. These findings suggest that wide-ranging measures are required for expanding support for immigration. We also confirm the effects of such standard variables as education, occupation, unemployment, and gender.
Published: Tomiura, Eiichi, Banri Ito, Hiroshi Mukunoki, and Ryuhei Wakasugi, 2019. "Individual characteristics, behavioral biases, and attitudes toward foreign workers: Evidence from a survey in Japan," Japan and the World Economy, Vol. 50, pp. 1-13
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0922142519300180?via%3Dihub
