Why are the Elderly more Averse to Immigration When They are More Likely to Benefit? [electronic resource] : Evidence across Countries / Simone Schotte
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TextPublication details: Washington, D.C. : The World Bank, 2016Description: 1 online resource (34 p.)Subject(s): Adolescence | Adulthood | Age | Age Groups | Aging | Bulletin | Citizens | Citizenship | Democracy | Demographic Changes | Developing Countries | Development Policy | Discrimination | Economic Growth | Education | Effects | Elderly | Estimates | Ethnic Group | Ethnicity | Fertility | Gender | Gender & Social Development | Generations | Health, Nutrition and Population | Host Country | Household Income | Household Surveys | Immigrant | Immigration | Immigration Policy | Knowledge | Labor Force | Labor Market | Measures | Methodology | Migrants | Migration | Migration Policy | Mortality | Native Workers | Norms | Older People | Organizations | Pensions | Policy | Policy Discussions | Policy Research | Policy Research Working Paper | Political Support | Population | Population Policies | Population Projections | Population Size | Progress | Projections | Psychology | Publications | Research | Research Working Papers | Scenario | Science and Technology Development | Science Education | Scientific Research & Science Parks | Size | Social Norms | Social Security | Societies | Sociology | Survey Data | Surveys | Theory | Time | Unemployment | Wages | Weight | World Population | Young Workers | YouthAdditional physical formats: Schotte, Simone.: Why are the Elderly more Averse to Immigration When They are More Likely to Benefit? Evidence across CountriesOnline resources: Click here to access online Abstract: Using household surveys for 24 countries over a 10-year period, this paper investigates why the elderly are more averse to open immigration policies than their younger peers. The analysis finds that the negative correlation between age and pro-immigration attitudes is mostly explained by a cohort or generational change. In fact, once controlling for year of birth, the correlation between age and pro-immigration attitudes is either positive or zero in most of the countries in the sample. Under certain assumptions, the estimates suggest that aging societies will tend to become less averse to open immigration regimes over time.
Using household surveys for 24 countries over a 10-year period, this paper investigates why the elderly are more averse to open immigration policies than their younger peers. The analysis finds that the negative correlation between age and pro-immigration attitudes is mostly explained by a cohort or generational change. In fact, once controlling for year of birth, the correlation between age and pro-immigration attitudes is either positive or zero in most of the countries in the sample. Under certain assumptions, the estimates suggest that aging societies will tend to become less averse to open immigration regimes over time.
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