Immigrants as future voters

Arye L. Hillman () and Ngo Long
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Arye L. Hillman: Bar-Ilan University

Public Choice, 2022, vol. 190, issue 1, No 8, 149-174

Abstract: Abstract Immigration policies in western democracies have often been contrary to the predictions of the mainstream theory of international economics. Political parties that are predicted to adopt policies beneficial for lower-income constituents have not protected workers from labor-market competition. Nor have workers been protected from a fiscal burden of financing incomes and benefits for welfare-dependent immigrants. We explain the contradiction by immigrants being future voters. We give a hearing to alternative interpretations.

Keywords: Immigration policy; Illegal immigration; Political ego rents; Immigrant welfare dependency; Immigration amnesties; Political entry barriers; Policy exceptionalism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F22 F66 H53 P16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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