%0 Report
        %A Barone, Guglielmo
%A D'Ignazio, Alessio
%A Blasio, Guido de
%A Naticchioni, Paolo
        %T Mr. Rossi, Mr. Hu and Politics: The Role of Immigration in Shaping Natives' Political Preferences
        %D 2014
        %8 2014 May
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 8228
        %U https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp8228
        %X We analyze the impact of immigration on voting. Using Italian municipality data and IV estimation strategy, we find that immigration generates a sizable causal increase in votes for the centre-right coalition, which has a political platform less favorable to immigrants. Additional findings are: big cities behave differently, with no impact of immigration on electoral outcomes; gains in votes for the centre-right coalition correspond to loss of votes for the centre-left parties, a decrease in voter turnout, and a rise in protest votes; cultural diversity, competition in the labor market and for public services are the most relevant channels at work.
        %K political economy
%K voting
%K immigration