The consequences of hosting asylum seekers for citizens' policy preferences
| Autor: | Severin Zimmermann, Alois Stutzer |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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Economics and Econometrics
Exploit Status quo media_common.quotation_subject Refugee Immigration Opposition (politics) status quo effect redistribution Political science political preferences ddc:330 Western world H53 pro-immigration attitudes voter participation media_common I38 J15 direct democracy Redistribution (cultural anthropology) Political economy Z13 Political Science and International Relations Voting behavior F22 asylum seekers |
| Popis: | Asylum migration is a major societal challenge in the Western world affecting residentsâEurotm policy preferences. We analyze the effects of newly hosting asylum seekers in a given municipality on local citizensâEurotm preferences in terms of migratory and redistributive policies as well as of support or opposition to political change in general. Policy preferences are measured based on citizensâEurotm actual voting behavior in national referendums in Switzerland between 1987 and 2017. We exploit the administrative placement of asylum seekers across municipalities and find that citizens vote temporarily slightly more restrictively on immigration issues in national referendums and are less supportive of redistribution than before hosting asylum seekers. Citizens are not more likely to vote for the status quo and not more likely to participate per se. |
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