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

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

Claudia Diehl

Thomas Hinz

Katrin Auspurg

Published Online: Apr 11, 2018

Page range: 59 - 88

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

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

© 2018 Claudia Diehl et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

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