There is compelling evidence that globalization shocks, often working through culture and
identity, have played an important role in driving up support for populist movements …

We review the growing literature on the political economy of immigration. First, we discuss
the effects of immigration on a wide range of political and social outcomes. The existing …

We examine the relationship between immigration and preferences for redistribution in
Europe using a newly assembled dataset of immigrant stocks for 140 regions in 16 Western …

We review the literature that investigates the causal effect of ethnic diversity on support for
redistribution. The results indicate that ethnic diversity or an increase in the salience of …

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 …

This paper provides the first evidence on the regional impact of immigration on native
employment in a cross-country framework. By exploiting the richness of the European …

We study how news coverage of immigrant criminality impacts voting in one of the most
controversial referendums in recent years—the 2009 Swiss minaret ban. We combine a …

I investigate how increasing perceived vulnerability to an automation shock influences
redistributive preferences, and how exposure to rhetoric mediates that response. I field a pre …

This paper investigates the effects of local exposure to refugees on electoral outcomes in the
2016 state election in Germany. Based on quasi-random variation in the allocation of …

This article introduces the Special Issue on “The Economics of Migration: Labour Market
Impacts and Migration Policies”. In the paper, we summarize the selection of articles …