How did the large asylum-seeker inflow to Germany in 2015 affect concerns about immigration? Using individual …-level panel data for the years 2012–2018, I show that after 2015 concerns about immigration increased by about 21 pp. and support … line with the contact hypothesis, living in a high refugee migration district reduced concerns about immigration by 3 pp …

This paper investigates the effects of local exposure to refugees on electoral outcomes in the 2016 state election in … Germany. Based on quasi-random variation in the allocation of refugees across municipalities and unique data on refugee … populations and their type of accommodation, I find that an increase in the population share of refugees increases the vote share …

distinguish between the contact theory, captured by the inflow of refugees into the immediate neighborhood (1km x 1km), and county …

distinguish between the contact theory, captured by the inflow of refugees into the immediate neighborhood (1km x 1km), and county …

This paper investigates the effects of the 2015 mass inflow of refugees to Germany on electoral outcomes. Specifically …, using unique data on refugee populations and their type of accommodation, I analyze how local exposure to refugees affects … success of right-wing parties. For identification, I exploit quasi-random variation in the allocation of refugees across …

As immigration to Europe has increased, so has support for extremist parties. While many studies have examined the … effect of immigration on election outcomes, few have probed the effect of asylum seekers – those fleeing strife and … effects for parties on the far right and left diverge markedly. Under economic prosperity, immigration increases support on …

-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 …

This paper investigates the effects of local exposure to refugees on electoral outcomes in the 2016 state election in … Germany. Based on quasi-random variation in the allocation of refugees across municipalities and unique data on refugee … populations and their type of accommodation, I find that an increase in the population share of refugees increases the vote share …

Millions of refugees made their way to Europe between 2014 and 2015, with over one million arriving in Germany alone … identification strategy exploits that a scramble for accommodation determined the assignment of refugees to German counties resulting … in exogeneous variations in the number of refugees per county within and across states. Our estimates suggest that …

effects of immigration in those nations. Four broad topics are addressed: labor market issues, fiscal questions, the political … economy of immigration, and productivity/international trade. Extreme concerns about deleterious labour market and fiscal …