several other Western countries. We estimate the impact of immigration on voting for far-left and far-right parties in France …Immigration has become one of the most divisive political issues in the United States, the United Kingdom, France and … immigration flows by past settlement patterns in 1968. We find that immigration increases support for far-right candidates and has …

international trade, a series of recent empirical econometric studies show that immigration has contributed to the rise of extreme … immigration and that of extreme right-wing parties. Exploiting French presidential elections from 1988 to 2017, we show that the … positive impact of immigration on votes for extreme right-wing parties is driven by low-skilled immigration and immigration …

We analyze the impact of immigration on voting. Using Italian municipality data and IV estimation strategy, we find … that immigration generates a sizable causal increase in votes for the centre-right coalition, which has a political … platform less favorable to immigrants. Additional findings are: big cities behave differently, with no impact of immigration on …

Immigration is one of the most divisive political issues in many countries today. Competing narratives, circulated via …

Immigration policies in western democracies have often been contrary to the policies predicted by the mainstream theory … of international economics. In particular, political parties that, according to economic theory, should adopt policies …. We identify a political principal-agent problem based on ego-rents from political office. Our theory predicts voter …

therefore have a systematic influence on election results. Using administrative migration and voting data, we show that counties … find no effects on incumbent parties. In addition, our results show increased voting for parties with pro …-wing parties. The results have important policy implications for voting regulations. …

greater engagement of Hispanics in national politics has occurred after unprecedented growth in interior immigration … over the 2008-2018 decade, we find evidence of intensified immigration enforcement suppressing Hispanics' willingness to …

My paper analyzes the link between immigration and support for anti-immigrant parties in Europe. I assemble a unique … share of foreigners, consistent with group contact theory. The negative association is driven by Europeans with …