Shaping tolerant attitudes towards immigrants: The role of welfare state expenditures

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Shaping tolerant attitudes towards immigrants : The role of welfare state expenditures. / Rapp, Carolin.

In: Journal of European Social Policy, Vol. 27, No. 1, 01.01.2017, p. 40-56.

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Rapp, C 2017, 'Shaping tolerant attitudes towards immigrants: The role of welfare state expenditures', Journal of European Social Policy, vol. 27, no. 1, pp. 40-56. https://doi.org/10.1177/0958928716672181

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Rapp, C. (2017). Shaping tolerant attitudes towards immigrants: The role of welfare state expenditures. Journal of European Social Policy, 27(1), 40-56. https://doi.org/10.1177/0958928716672181

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Rapp C. Shaping tolerant attitudes towards immigrants: The role of welfare state expenditures. Journal of European Social Policy. 2017 Jan 1;27(1):40-56. https://doi.org/10.1177/0958928716672181

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Rapp, Carolin. / Shaping tolerant attitudes towards immigrants : The role of welfare state expenditures. In: Journal of European Social Policy. 2017 ; Vol. 27, No. 1. pp. 40-56.

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