The Immigration Act of 1965 marked a dramatic shift in policy and one with major long term consequences for the volume … and composition of immigration to the United States. Here we explore the political economy of a reform that has been … overshadowed by the Civil Rights and Great Society programs. We find that public opinion was against expanding immigration, but it …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …