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 IZA Network @ LISER

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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