The Political Impact of Immigration: Evidence from the United States

IF 5.5 1区经济学 Q1 ECONOMICS

American Economic Journal-Applied Economics Pub Date : 2021-12-29 DOI:10.1257/app.20190081

Anna Maria Mayda, Giovanni Peri, Walter Steingress

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Abstract

This paper studies the impact of immigration to the United States on the vote share for the Republican Party using county-level data from 1990 to 2016. Our main contribution is to show that an increase in high-skilled immigrants decreases the share of Republican votes, while an inflow of low-skilled immigrants increases it. These effects are mainly due to the indirect impact on existing citizens’ votes, and this is independent of the origin country and race of immigrants. We find that the political effect of immigration is heterogeneous across counties and depends on their skill level, public spending, and noneconomic characteristics. (JEL D72, J15, J24, J61, R23)

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移民的政治影响:来自美国的证据

本文使用1990年至2016年的县级数据研究了美国移民对共和党选票份额的影响。我们的主要贡献是表明，高技能移民的增加会减少共和党的选票份额，而低技能移民的流入则会增加共和党的选票份额。这些影响主要是由于对现有公民投票的间接影响，而这与移民的原籍国和种族无关。我们发现，移民的政治影响在不同的国家是不同的，这取决于他们的技能水平、公共支出和非经济特征。(jj72, j15, j24, j61, r23)

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American Economic Journal-Applied Economics ECONOMICS-

CiteScore

9.10

自引率

1.60%

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期刊介绍： American Economic Journal: Applied Economics publishes papers covering a range of topics in applied economics, with a focus on empirical microeconomic issues. In particular, we welcome papers on labor economics, development microeconomics, health, education, demography, empirical corporate finance, empirical studies of trade, and empirical behavioral economics.