Rationally Nationalist? The Relationships between Public Subsidies, Anti-Immigrant Mayors and Demographic Changes at Local Levels; Evidence from Austria and Italy

• In Event: Migration Politics

Brief Overview

I test if having anti-immigrant mayor decreases non-native population and increases the subsidy for less skilled workers. I present models to show how the battle for public transfer to the area can explain local support for anti-immigration policies

Author

• Makoto Fukumoto, University of California-Berkeley