This study considers the impact of immigration and ethnic diversity on government spending in 31 OECD countries over 25 … ethnic fractionalization, not immigration itself, has a negative impact on spending in the OECD. On the whole, immigrants …

Using a panel of OECD countries, we show that immigration systematically alters the composition of public spending in … resources from social welfare to national defense and public order. Our findings imply that:(1) immigration affects policy … outcomes in areas with little ethnic or re-distributive dimension, and (2) the impact of immigration on the total size of …