Essays about: "Labor immigration arguments"

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  1. 1. Protectionist leftists and right wing capitalists? : The role of labor and capital as determinants for labor immigration policy preferences in Scandinavian parliamentary debates

    University essay from Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Carina Gisela Theresé Portin; [2012]
    Keywords : Labor immigration arguments; policy preferences; Scandinavian parliaments; political parties; the Stolper-Samuleson theorem; content analysis; Rile score;

    Abstract : The aim of the paper is to investigate to what extent political parties in the Scandinavian parliaments express opinions on labor immigration in line with the policy preferences predicted by the Stolper-Samuleson theorem. A hypothesis derived from the theorem suggests that left wing parties traditionally connected to labor interests should favor restrictions on labor immigration to a greater extent than right wing parties traditionally connected to businesses and market interests. READ MORE