TY - JOUR

T1 - Immigration Ethnic Diversity and Political Outcomes

T2 - Evidence from Denmark

AU - Harmon, Nikolaj Arpe

PY - 2018/10

Y1 - 2018/10

N2 - I study the impact of immigration and increasing ethnic diversity on political outcomes in immigrant-receiving countries, focusing on immigration and election outcomes in Danish municipalities 1981-2001. A rich set of control variables isolates ethnic diversity effects from those of other immigrant characteristics and a novel IV strategy based on historical housing stock data addresses issues of endogenous location choices of immigrants. Increases in local ethnic diversity lead to right-ward shifts in election outcomes by shifting electoral support away from traditional "big government" left-wing parties and towards anti-immigrant nationalist parties in particular. These effects appear in both local and national elections.

AB - I study the impact of immigration and increasing ethnic diversity on political outcomes in immigrant-receiving countries, focusing on immigration and election outcomes in Danish municipalities 1981-2001. A rich set of control variables isolates ethnic diversity effects from those of other immigrant characteristics and a novel IV strategy based on historical housing stock data addresses issues of endogenous location choices of immigrants. Increases in local ethnic diversity lead to right-ward shifts in election outcomes by shifting electoral support away from traditional "big government" left-wing parties and towards anti-immigrant nationalist parties in particular. These effects appear in both local and national elections.

KW - Faculty of Social Sciences

KW - Elections

KW - voting

KW - nationalism

KW - refugees

KW - size of the public sector

KW - J11

KW - H11

KW - H23

KW - Z13

KW - D64

U2 - 10.1111/sjoe.12239

DO - 10.1111/sjoe.12239

M3 - Journal article

VL - 120

SP - 1043

EP - 1074

JO - Scandinavian Journal of Economics

JF - Scandinavian Journal of Economics

SN - 0347-0520

IS - 4

ER -