Immigration, Ethnic Diversity and Political Outcomes: Evidence from Denmark

Nikolaj Harmon
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Nikolaj Harmon: Princeton University

No 1383, Working Papers from Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section.

Abstract: I study the impact of immigration and ethnic diversity on political outcomes in immigrant receiving countries, focusing on the case of election outcomes and immigration in Danish municipalities 1981-2001. A rich set of control variables isolates ethnic diversity effects from that of other immigrant characteristics and a novel IV strategy based on historical housing stock data addresses issues of endogenous location choice of immigrants. Immigration-driven increases in ethnic diversity improve electoral outcomes for anti-immigrant nationalist parties. Increased nationalist success comes primarily at the expense of traditional left-wing parties, although to a lesser extent possibly also at the expense of the non-nationalist right-wing parties. The effect of immigration and ethnic diversity does not diiffer between municipal and national elections, despite the very di erent issues decided at the two levels of government.

Keywords: Denmark; labor; migration; elections; immigration; politics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J00 J11 J15 J61 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012-02
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