Skill of the immigrants and vote of the natives: Immigration and nationalism in European elections 2007-2016

Simone Moriconi, Giovanni Peri, Riccardo Turati

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We analyze the impact of local immigration on natives' preferences for "nationalism'' as measured in parties' programs by the Manifesto Project Database in European election data between 2007 and 2016. Using a 2SLS strategy with a shift-share IV based on immigrant shares by origin in 2005 and inflows by education-origin groups, we estimate that larger inflows of highly-educated immigrants were associated with a decrease in the "nationalistic'' vote of natives, while less-educated immigrants produced an opposite-direction shift towards nationalistic parties. The aggregate results derive from individual shifts toward nationalism in response to less-skilled immigration, and from greater participation of young voters and more pro-European attitudes in response to high-skilled immigration.
Idioma originalAnglès
Número d’article103986
Nombre de pàgines34
RevistaEuropean economic review
Volum141
DOIs
Estat de la publicacióPublicada - de gen. 2022

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