Immigrant voters, taxation and the size of the welfare state
"This paper studies the impact of immigration on public policy setting. As a natural experiment, we exploit the sudden arrival of eight million forced migrants in West Germany after World War II. These migrants were on average poorer than the West German population, but unlike most internationa...
Main Authors: | Chevalier, Arnaud, Elsner, Benjamin, Lichter, Andreas, Pestel, Nico |
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Institution: | ETUI-European Trade Union Institute |
Format: | TEXT |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Bonn
2018
IZA |
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19301207124911294899-immigrant-voters,-taxation-and.htm |
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