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A large literature has examined the factors that influence immigration attitudes. Yet prior tests have considered only … unfavorably. The results are consistent with norms-based and sociotropic explanations of immigration attitudes. Remarkably …. Beneath partisan divisions over immigration lies a consensus about which immigrants to admit, a fact which points to limits in …
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exploit local transitory shocks to the cost of voting given by the rainfall on the day of the election. We find that migrants … voting behavior and how this is affected by host countries. Using unique micro-data on Chilean expatriates living in Europe … welcoming to migrants. This suggests that integration into their local environment seems to play an important role on shaping …
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-scale Nazi migration to US occupied regions. Regions that witnessed a Nazi influx exhibit significantly higher voting shares for …
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We review the growing literature on the political economy of immigration. First, we discuss the effects of immigration … among natives. Next, we unpack the channels behind the political effects of immigration, distinguishing between economic and …
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several other Western countries. We estimate the impact of immigration on voting for far-left and far-right candidates in …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 …
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-16 crisis, the EU is grappling with how to better address the challenges posed by Ukrainian immigration. Geopolitical changes … and rising global inequality will further increase immigration in the future. It is often argued that immigration promotes …
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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 …
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This paper examines the effect of immigration on the level of income redistribution via majority voting on the income … natives. It is found that at best, natives are indifferent towards immigrant voting, and the outcome of a corresponding …
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This paper provides new evidence on the effect of immigration on election outcomes. Our analysis makes use of data on … reputation in immigration politics. In particular, our fixed-effects estimates indicate a positive effect for xenophobic, extreme … right-wing parties and an adverse effect for the Green party that actively campaigned for liberal immigration policies and …
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Objective: Examine why immigrants are less likely to vote. Methods: A new representative dataset on the political participation of immigrants in the 2015 municipal elections in the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland is presented. It draws on questions from the Swiss Electoral Studies (Selects) and is...
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