Local Immigration and Support for Anti-Immigration Parties: A Meta-Analysis
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Authors:
Cools, Sara, Henning Finseraas, Ole Røgeberg
Year:
2021
Reference:
American Journal of Political Science
Vol 65(4)Summary
Does the share of immigrants in a community influence whether people vote for anti-immigration parties? We conduct a systematic review of the causal inference literature studying this question. We collect estimates from 20 studies and develop a new Bayesian meta-analysis framework to account for both between-study heterogeneity in effect sizes and the possibility of reporting bias. Although meta-analysis methods that do not adjust for reporting bias suggest a moderate effect of local immigration, our Bayesian model finds that the effect of local immigration on far-right voting is on average negligible once we account for reporting bias. However, the analysis also reveals a large heterogeneity in effects across contexts, suggesting that local immigration may be important for anti-immigration vote shares in certain settings.
Project:
Oppdragsgiver: NFR via ISFOppdragsgivers prosjektnr.: NFR 270687
Frisch prosjekt: 1674 - Immigration and Support for the Welfare State: Local and Institutional Responses
