Immigration and electoral support for the far-left and the far-right

Edo, Anthony; Giesing, Yvonne; Öztunc, Jonathan; Poutvaara, Panu

doi:10.1016/j.euroecorev.2019.03.001

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“…Furthermore, immigration's fiscal costs and the strain these have added to already limited public services increased concerns about its impact on the welfare state. Such concerns have contributed to the appeal of right-wing populist parties, particularly in areas with high settlement rates of immigrants (Halla, Wagner, and Zweimüller 2017;Dustmann, Vasiljeva, and Damm 2018;Edo et al 2019).…”

Section: Economic Change and Populismmentioning

confidence: 99%

Economic Insecurity and the Causes of Populism, Reconsidered

Margalit

2019

Journal of Economic Perspectives

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Growing conventional wisdom holds that a chief driver of the populist vote is economic insecurity. I contend that this view overstates the role of economic insecurity as an explanation in several ways. First, it conflates the significance of economic insecurity in influencing the election outcome on the margin with its significance in explaining the overall populist vote. Empirical findings indicate that the share of populist support explained by economic insecurity is modest. Second, recent evidence indicates that voters’ concern with immigration—a key issue for many populist parties—is only marginally shaped by its real or perceived repercussions on their economic standing. Third, economics-centric accounts of populism treat voters’ cultural concerns as largely a byproduct of experiencing adverse economic change. This approach underplays the reverse process, whereby disaffection from social and cultural change drives both economic discontent and support for populism.

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Section: Economic Change and Populismmentioning

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Economic Insecurity and the Causes of Populism, Reconsidered

Margalit

2019

Journal of Economic Perspectives

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“…Many studies focus on the impact of perceived immigration economic costs vs. benefits on discrimination. As mentioned above, it has been found that nationals are fearful that immigrants may increase labor market competition and be a burden to public finances by depending on the welfare state, which obviously leads to less favorable attitudes toward immigrants (e.g., Dustmann and Preston, 2004;Harell et al, 2012;Hatton, 2016;Meuleman, 2018;Edo et al, 2019). On the other hand, those who perceive immigrants to contribute to the host country's economy express more positive views about of immigration (Esses et al, 2001;Haubert and Fussell, 2006;Rouse et al, 2010;Reitz, 2012;Ekins, 2013).…”

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A Path Toward Inclusive Social Cohesion: The Role of European and National Identity on Contesting vs. Accepting European Migration Policies in Portugal

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The Western hemisphere has witnessed recent increased immigration flows generating social and political debate across Europe. In one view, migration flows represent an opportunity to construct a diverse social cohesion. In another view, migration flows are perceived as a threat to existent national cultures. This view is held by political nationalisms and right-wing populist forces installed in the majority of EU countries' parliaments, accentuating discrimination against immigrants and residents in Europe. We theorize that European identity predicts positive attitudes toward immigrants (prosocial behavior and support for inclusive policies), whereas national identity's predictions of attitudes toward immigrants' inclusion depends on participants' political tendency. Moreover, we test the mediation effect of positive (humanitarian concerns and economic benefit) and negative (jobs scarcity, cultural deterioration, and invasion) arguments used in political discourses regarding immigrants' inclusion on the relation between national and European identities and attitudes toward immigrants' inclusion. Results (Portuguese sample, N = 176) show that national identity predicts negative attitudes toward immigrants' inclusion, but only among right-wing individuals. Among left-wing individuals, national identity predicts less contestation to immigrant's inclusion sustained by humanitarian concerns. Interestingly, European identification weakened right-wing individuals' adherence to discriminatory arguments and increased perceived economic contribution that immigrants bring to society, increasing agreement with prosocial behavior and immigrants' inclusion. We discuss that European identity, sustained in humanitarian values and economic benefit, may stimulate a stronger multicultural social cohesion, intergroup trust, and social wellbeing based on democratic values, social justice, and equality, and on the respect for human dignity.

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“…The largest part of the increase was driven by immigrants from outside Europe. The fast growth of this group has often been associated with the rise of anti-immigrant political movements (see Barone et al (2016), Edo et al (2017) and Halla et al (2017), among others).…”

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Immigrants, Labor Market Dynamics and Adjustment to Shocks in the Euro Area

2019

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Signorini and the IMF Economic Review guest editors Philippe Martin and Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan for their comments on a previous draft. The views expressed in this paper do not necessarily reflect those of the Bank of Italy. The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research. NBER working papers are circulated for discussion and comment purposes. They have not been peer-reviewed or been subject to the review by the NBER Board of Directors that accompanies official NBER publications.

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Immigration and electoral support for the far-left and the far-right

Cited by 232 publications

References 48 publications

Economic Insecurity and the Causes of Populism, Reconsidered

Economic Insecurity and the Causes of Populism, Reconsidered

A Path Toward Inclusive Social Cohesion: The Role of European and National Identity on Contesting vs. Accepting European Migration Policies in Portugal

Immigrants, Labor Market Dynamics and Adjustment to Shocks in the Euro Area

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