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Summary:
The perception of globalisation as either a threat to employment or an opportunity is what explains individual attitudes to the phenomenon. Manual workers are those who most oppose this process, followed by employed people in general. By age, people of working age are those who are most hesitant to accept globalisation. It is interesting to observe that retiring from the labour market increases support for globalisation. In short, labour insecurity is the key factor in resistance to globalisation. Other social factors –such as gender, region of residence or certain idiosyncrasies– play a very limited role, as do political factors –such as concern for the consequences of globalisation on public services or the perception that the profits of globalisation go to the multinationals and to the United States–. By determining that labour-related factors are the reason why a sector of the population is suspicious of globalisation, it will be easier to decide how to increase support for this process.
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