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Not welcome anymore: the effect of electoral incentives on the reception of refugees

Matteo Gamalerio and Margherita Negri

Journal of Economic Geography, 2023, vol. 23, issue 4, 901-920

Abstract: Do electoral incentives affect immigration policies? Exploiting the Italian system for refugees’ reception and data from Italian municipalities, we show that proximity to elections reduces the probability that a municipality applies to host a refugee center by 26%, despite the economic benefits arising from these centers. Low electoral competition and high shares of extreme-right voters drive the effect. Our results are rationalized by a theoretical model and can explain the unequal distribution of refugees across and within countries.

Keywords: migration; reception of refugees; electoral incentives; fiscal grants (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C23 D72 J61 R23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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