The impact of the financial crisis on European attitudes toward immigration

Isaksen, Joachim Vogt

doi:10.1186/s40878-019-0127-5

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“…When GDP per capita is contracting at 1% (Italian case), the likelihood of stating most exclusionary attitudes towards immigrants is around 8% which decreases to less than 4% if GDP per capita approaches to 10% (Irish case). Once again, below findings are similar to the previous research that identify a varied but important effect of economic crisis on viewpoint of European public towards migrant groups (Isaksen, 2019). Since we argue that growth rates are better at capturing fluctuations in economic performance than national income levels, our results are divulging the association between crisis and welfare chauvinism.…”

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“…Likewise, low growth rates might boost feelings about insecurity and reduce inclusive welfare attitudes by increasing the self-assessed risks about unemployment and income. For example, it is shown that European public became less positive toward immigration during economic crisis (Isaksen, 2019). Thus, we argue that at the country level, instead of national income, rate of economic growth would be crucial.…”

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Feeling Insecure and Blaming Immigrants: relationship between subjective risks and welfare chauvinism

Duman

2021

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We argue that subjective insecurity plays an important role in explaining welfare chauvinism, which is defined as the restriction of immigrants' access to social benefits and public services.Additionally, macroeconomic performance and welfare regime are closely related to opinions towards welfare usage by migrant groups. To test these propositions, we utilize data from the 8 th round of European Social Survey and supplement it with country-level indicators. By using a multilevel ordered logit approach, we found that level of subjective unemployment and income risks are not overlapping with the objective measures, and self-assessed insecurity has a strong and positive effect on welfare chauvinism. At the macro level, higher degrees of GDP growth decrease welfare chauvinism, and Central and Eastern European welfare regime increases the likelihood of exclusionary attitudes in relative terms. The results are robust across different estimation techniques and inclusion of alternative contextual factors.

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Section: Figure 1 Unemployment Rates and Subjective Job Loss Risk Across Countriesmentioning

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Feeling Insecure and Blaming Immigrants: relationship between subjective risks and welfare chauvinism

Duman

2021

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“…Since roughly the same time, several types of societal pressures seem to increase. An upsurge in right-wing populist party presence across many countries (Dennison and Geddes, 2018), various public debates about immigration, and increasingly hostile attitudes toward immigrants in several European countries (Isaksen, 2019; Turner and Cross, 2015) exemplify such societal pressures. However, whether such societal pressures are related to economic downturns taking place within those countries or whether they develop independently of these remains open for scrutiny.…”

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Economic conditions and perceptions of immigrants as an economic threat in Europe: Temporal dynamics and mediating processes

Heizmann

Huth

2021

International Journal of Comparative Sociology

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This article addresses the extent to which economic downturns influence the perception of immigrants as an economic threat and through which channels this occurs. Our primary objective is an investigation of the specific mechanisms that connect economic conditions to the perception of immigrants as a threat. We therefore also contribute to theoretical discussions based on group threat and realistic group conflict theory by exposing the dominant source of competition relevant to these relationships. Furthermore, we investigate whether people react more sensitive to short-term economic dynamics within countries than to the long-term economic circumstances. Our database comprises all waves of the European Social Survey from 2002 to 2017. The macro-economic indicators we use include GDP per capita, unemployment, and national debt levels, covering the most salient economic dimensions. We furthermore control for the country’s migration situation and aggregate party positions toward cultural diversity. Our results show that the dynamic short-term developments of the economy and migration within countries are of greater relevance for perceived immigrant threat than the long-term situation. In contrast, the long-term political climate appears to be more important than short-term changes in the aggregate party positions. Further mediation analyses show that objective economic conditions influence anti-immigrant attitudes primarily through individual perceptions of the country’s economic performance and that unemployment rates are of primary importance.

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“…The main limitation of our study was the isolated economical evaluation of Hp-I eradication treatment without performing multivariate cost-benefit or cost-utility analyses to compare the available eradication regimens. Nevertheless, the current study provided the initial stimulus suggesting further prospective national studies to provide a national consensus based on eradication rates, antibiotic resistance and cost effectiveness, especially after the dynamic alterations of the Greek population during the recent migratory flows [31][32][33][34]. As bismuth-based regimens are not commercially available in our country, we could not collect financial data and include them in our study.…”

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Evaluation of the Direct Economic Cost per Eradication Treatment Regimen against Helicobacter pylori Infection in Greece: Do National Health Policy-Makers Need to Care?

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Helicobacter pylori (Hp) management has undoubtedly resulted in a notable economic burden on healthcare systems globally, including Greece. Its cost has never been estimated so far, especially during the recent 10-year unprecedented financial crisis. Direct medical and procedural costs for one attempt “outpatient” Hp eradication treatment were estimated as the following: (I) first-line regimens: 10 and 14 days standard triple, 10 and 14 days sequential, 10 and 14 days concomitant non-bismuth quadruple, 14 days hybrid, (II) second-line salvage regimens: 10 and 14 days levofloxacin-containing triple regimens. Treatment costs using prototypes and/or generic drugs were calculated. Drug prices were collected and confirmed from two official online medical databases including all medicines approved by the Greek National Organization for Medicines. Regimens based on generics were more affordable than prototypes and those including pantoprazole yielded the lowest prices (mean: 27.84 €). Paradoxically, 10-day concomitant and 14-day hybrid regimens (currently providing good (90–94%) first-line eradication rates in Greece) cost the same (mean: 34.76 €). The expenditures for Hp eradication treatment regimens were estimated thoroughly for the first time in Greece. These data should be taken into account by Public Health policymakers both in Greece and the European Union, aiming for a better and less expensive therapeutic approach.

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The impact of the financial crisis on European attitudes toward immigration

Cited by 34 publications

References 30 publications

Feeling Insecure and Blaming Immigrants: relationship between subjective risks and welfare chauvinism

Feeling Insecure and Blaming Immigrants: relationship between subjective risks and welfare chauvinism

Economic conditions and perceptions of immigrants as an economic threat in Europe: Temporal dynamics and mediating processes

Evaluation of the Direct Economic Cost per Eradication Treatment Regimen against Helicobacter pylori Infection in Greece: Do National Health Policy-Makers Need to Care?

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