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This article examines the determinants of immigration policy toward low-skilled workers across 13 relatively wealthy autocracies after World War II. The article argues that authoritarian immigration policy is a consequence of an autocrat’s redistributive policy.
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Why is it important?
The analysis sheds light on why some autocracies do not rely on temporary migrant workers as well as why autocrats' change their immigration policies over time. This is highly relevant to the issue of workers' rights and treatment in the oil-rich Gulf.
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This page is a summary of: Tyrants and Migrants, Comparative Political Studies, July 2016, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/0010414015621076.
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