Attitudes towards immigrants in European countries

Ovaj rad istražuje stavove prema imigrantima u europskim zemljama. U kojim su zemljama stavovi prema imigrantima pozitivniji, a kojim su zemljama negativniji? Kakva je veza između makroekonomskih varijabli, BDP-a per capita, stope ekonomskog rasta, stope nezaposlenosti i stavova prema imigrantima? Kako se stavovi prema imigrantima mijenjaju s obzirom na dob, spol, obrazovanje, dohodak, povjerenje u političare, mjesto stanovanja, mjesto rođenja, diskriminaciju i tradiciju? Kako bi se ponudili odgovori na postavljena pitanja u radu se provodi regresijska i korelacijska analiza na temelju podataka devete runde Europskog društvenog istraživanja. Analiza obuhvaća 27 zemalja. Rezultati pokazuju kako ekonomski razvijenije zemlje s višim BDP-om per capita imaju pozitivnije stavove. Osobe s višim stupnjem obrazovanja, koje žive u gradovima i rođene su u zemlji u kojoj žive, koje ne smatraju da je važno slijediti tradiciju i koje više vjeruju političarima imaju pozitivnije stavove prema imigrantima. Osobe starije dobi i osobe koje nisu pripadnici grupe koja je doživjela diskriminaciju imaju negativnije stavove prema imigrantima. To je u skladu s teorijskim pretpostavkama i dosadašnjim empirijskim istraživanjima. Nezaposlene osobe imaju pozitivnije stavove, što nije u skladu s teorijom.This paper explores attitudes towards immigrants in European countries. In which countries are attitudes towards immigrants relatively more positive, and which countries exhibit relatively more negative attitudes towards immigrants? What is the relationship between macroeconomic variables, GDP per capita, economic growth rates, unemployment rates and attitudes towards immigrants? How do attitudes towards immigrants change with regard to age, gender, education, income, trust in politicians, place of residence, place of birth, discrimination and tradition? To find answers to these questions, a regression and correlation anlaysis is implemented in this study based on data from the nineth round of the European social study. The analysis covers 27 countries. The results show that economically more developed countries, i.e. countries with higher GDP per capita have more positive attitudes towards immigrants. More educated people, people who live in the city, people who were born in the country and people who do not think that it is important to follow tradition and have more trust in politicians have more positive attitudes toward immigrants. Older people and people who are not members of a group that has experienced discrimination have more negative attitudes towards immigrants. This is in line with theoretical assumptions and previous empirical research. Unemployed people have more positive attitudes toward immigrants, which is not in line with expectations