Immigration Policy and Terrorism: An Empirical Analysis

被引:13
作者
Choi, Seung-Whan [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Illinois, Dept Polit Sci, MC 276,1007 West Harrison St, Chicago, IL 60607 USA
关键词
Immigration policy; terrorism; economic causes; scapegoating; populism; VARIABLES; DEMOCRACY; SECURITY; POLITICS; BORDERS; TOURISM; POVERTY; TESTS; VS;
D O I
10.1080/10242694.2019.1659577
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
Though populist politicians deem the terrorist threat as a reason for restrictive immigration policies, existing studies neglect to explore the systematic connection between immigration and security. This study offers a novel theoretical argument about the effect of terrorism on immigration policy and then conducts a first-cut empirical analysis. Based on a battery of statistical tests performed against pooled panel data on immigrant-receiving countries that are attractive to low-skilled workers due to high wages, this study shows evidence that terrorist threats are actually unrelated to restrictive immigration policies.
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页码:271 / 295
页数:25
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