Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/73845 
Year of Publication: 
2012
Series/Report no.: 
ifo Working Paper No. 120
Publisher: 
ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, Munich
Abstract: 
This paper studies attitudes towards income redistribution in the country of originamong those who stay in a welfare state, and those who emigrate. We find a strikinggender difference among Danish emigrants. Majority of men opposes increasing incomeredistribution, while majority of women supports it. Women are somewhat more positivetowards redistribution also in Denmark, but the gender difference is much smaller.We study to what extent differences in attitudes towards redistribution are driven bybeliefs about the determinants of individual success, generalized trust, assimilation tothe new home country, and self-selection of emigrants to the United States and otherdestinations. We do not find evidence of assimilation to political values prevalent in thenew home country.
Subjects: 
Migration
emigration
welfare state
redistribution
political preferences
JEL: 
F22
J61
H20
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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