2021/12/05 by Simone Moriconi, Giovanni Peri, Riccardo Turati · 1 voice
Social Sciences · #Migration, Refugees, and Integration #Migration and Labor Dynamics #Diaspora, migration, transnational identity
paper · doi:10.1016/j.euroecorev.2021.103986
openalex publication_date 2021/12/05 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/01
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 between 2007 and 2016. Using a 2SLS strategy with a shift-share IV based on immigrant shares by origin in 2005 and inflows by education-origin groups, we estimate that larger inflows of highly-educated immigrants were associated with a decrease in the “nationalistic” vote of natives, while less-educated immigrants produced an opposite-direction shift towards nationalistic parties. The aggregate results derive from individual shifts toward nationalism in response to less-skilled immigration, and from greater participation of young voters and more pro-European attitudes in response to high-skilled immigration.