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Does the welfare entitlement of refugees reduce openness to refugee migration? A survey experiment on the welfare entitlement of Ukrainian refugees in the United Kingdom

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Pages 3415-3434 | Received 28 Jan 2023, Accepted 10 Jan 2024, Published online: 06 Feb 2024

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