Konferenzbeitrag

Electoral cycles, partisan effects and U.S. immigration policies

Using a panel of naturalizations in U.S. states from 1986 to 2012, we empirically analyze the impact of elections on immigration policy. Our results indicate that immigration policy is (partly) driven by national elections: there are more naturalizations in presidential election years and during the terms of Democratic incumbents. Further, the partisan effects are more pronounced in politically contested states.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: Beiträge zur Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik 2015: Ökonomische Entwicklung - Theorie und Politik - Session: Political Economy I ; No. A21-V2

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Wirtschaft
Structure, Scope, and Performance of Government
Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
International Migration

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Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Drometer, Marcus
Méango, Romuald
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Veröffentlichung
(when)
2015

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  • Drometer, Marcus
  • Méango, Romuald

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  • 2015

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