Age at Migration and the Political Integration of Immigrants — Evidence From a Sibling Analysis

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International Migration Review Pub Date : 2025-01-16 DOI:10.1177/01979183241309579

Henrik Andersson, Sirus Dehdari, Karl Oskar Lindgren

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Abstract

We study the effect of age at migration among immigrants in Sweden on political participation as adults. To identify the effect, we use validated individual turnout data over three elections in Sweden (1994, 2010, and 2018), and compare outcomes among siblings who arrive at the same time but at different ages. We document a clear effect on political participation from early arrival: immigrants arriving in early childhood (ages 0–5) are about 5 to 10 percentage points more likely to partake in national elections as adults compared to immigrants arriving later (ages 12–17) during their childhood. We further show that the effect is partially persistent over the life-cycle.

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移民年龄与移民的政治融合——来自兄弟姐妹分析的证据

我们研究了瑞典移民年龄对成年后政治参与的影响。为了确定这种影响，我们使用了瑞典三次选举（1994年、2010年和2018年）的有效个人投票率数据，并比较了同时到达但年龄不同的兄弟姐妹的结果。我们记录了早期到达对政治参与的明显影响：与童年时期较晚到达的移民（12-17岁）相比，儿童早期（0-5岁）到达的移民成年后参加全国选举的可能性要高5到10个百分点。我们进一步表明，这种影响在整个生命周期中部分持续存在。

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International Migration Review DEMOGRAPHY-

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7.00

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7.90%

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期刊介绍： International Migration Review is an interdisciplinary peer-reviewed journal created to encourage and facilitate the study of all aspects of sociodemographic, historical, economic, political, legislative and international migration. It is internationally regarded as the principal journal in the field facilitating study of international migration, ethnic group relations, and refugee movements. Through an interdisciplinary approach and from an international perspective, IMR provides the single most comprehensive forum devoted exclusively to the analysis and review of international population movements.