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creators_name: Hangartner, Dominik
creators_name: Spirig, Judith
title: Immigration and inequality: the role of politics and policies
ispublished: pub
divisions: UCL
divisions: B03
divisions: C03
divisions: F30
keywords: immigration, politics, policy
note: © The Author(s) 2024. Published by Oxford University Press. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
abstract: This commentary examines the relationship between immigration and economic inequality, focusing on the role of politics and policies. The main argument is that although the direct economic effects of immigration on native employment and wages may be minor, immigration can have significant indirect economic ramifications through political channels. We summarize existing evidence and discuss how immigration shapes politics and policies by influencing political discourse, voters, and parties. Notably, the rise of anti-immigrant parties can lead to shifts both in immigration and integration policy, and in other policy areas, such as law and order, social security, and international relations. These shifts have the potential to affect inequality across different segments of society, including between immigrants and citizens and along gender and employment dimensions. However, due to the scarcity of empirical evidence, predictions about the consequences of immigration on inequality across these groups are uncertain and further research is needed.
date: 2024
date_type: published
publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ooec/odad042
oa_status: green
full_text_type: pub
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
verified: verified_manual
elements_id: 2299079
doi: 10.1093/ooec/odad042
lyricists_name: Spirig, Judith
lyricists_id: JSPIR84
actors_name: Spirig, Judith
actors_id: JSPIR84
actors_role: owner
full_text_status: public
publication: Oxford Open Economics
volume: 3
number: 1
article_number: i480
citation:        Hangartner, Dominik;    Spirig, Judith;      (2024)    Immigration and inequality: the role of politics and policies.                   Oxford Open Economics , 3  (1)    , Article i480.  10.1093/ooec/odad042 <https://doi.org/10.1093/ooec%2Fodad042>.       Green open access   
 
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