We use recent Eurobarometer-data from 2009, enriched with policy Indicators from the MIPEX project. At the current preliminary stage of analysis, the results indicate that integration policies as measured via the MIPEX Indicators are of key importance for explaining country-level differences in perceived ethnic threat...
Specifically, the policy indicator proves to outperform the influences of both a) economic conditions and b) the degree of ethnic diversity in a country. We take these findings to underline the central role national-level policy arrangement play in shaping individual perceptions and preferences towards immigrants and immigration...
Author(s): Dr. Elmar Schlüter ; Bart Meuleman ; Eldad Davidov
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WZB: Examining the role of immigration policies in explaining perceived ethnic threat
MIPEX Team
Coordination Team
MIPEX 2015 team is fromed by the members of CIDOB and MPG, the leading organizations of the “Integration policies: Who benefits? The development and use of indicators in integration debates” project.
