TY  - JOUR
AV  - public
EP  - 2091
JF  - The Review of Economic Studies
N1  - This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher?s terms and conditions.
SN  - 0034-6527
ID  - discovery10053941
VL  - 85
N2  - To estimate the causal effect of refugee migration on voting outcomes in parliamentary and municipal elections in Denmark, our study is the first that addresses the key problem of immigrant sorting by exploiting a policy that assigned refugee immigrants to municipalities on a quasi-random basis. We find that in all but the most urban municipalities, allocation of larger refugee shares between electoral cycles leads to an increase in the vote share for right-leaning parties with an anti-immigration agenda, and we show large differences in voters? responses to refugee allocation according to pre-policy municipal characteristics. However, in the largest and urban municipalities, refugee allocation has?if anything?the opposite effect on vote shares for anti-immigration parties. This coincides with a sharp divide in attitudes to refugees between urban and rural populations, which may be partly explained by distinctive interactions between natives and those with different background in cities and rural areas. Refugee allocation also has a large impact on the anti-immigration parties? choice of where to stand for municipal election, and we provide some evidence that it influences voter turnout.
TI  - Refugee Migration and Electoral Outcomes
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1093/restud/rdy047
SP  - 2035
A1  - Dustmann, C
A1  - Vasiljeva, K
A1  - Damm, AP
Y1  - 2019/10//
PB  - Oxford University Press (OUP)
IS  - 5
ER  -