Mr. Rossi, Mr. Hu and Politics: The Role of Immigration in Shaping Natives' Political Preferences

Guglielmo Barone (), Alessio D'Ignazio, Guido de Blasio and Paolo Naticchioni

No 8228, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: 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 electoral outcomes; gains in votes for the centre-right coalition correspond to loss of votes for the centre-left parties, a decrease in voter turnout, and a rise in protest votes; cultural diversity, competition in the labor market and for public services are the most relevant channels at work.

Keywords: political economy; voting; immigration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D72 J61 P16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 34 pages
Date: 2014-05
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-cdm, nep-mig, nep-pol and nep-soc
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Published - published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2016, 136, 1-14

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