International Migration
Volume 56, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 28-43

Massive Migration and Elections: Evidence from the Refugee Crisis in Greece (Article)

Vasilakis C.
  • a University of Bangor, United Kingdom, IRES, Universite Catholique de Louvain, Belgium

Abstract

This article explores whether the massive arrival of refugees at Greek islands has had an impact on natives’ voting behaviour. Our results show a positive and significant effect of refugees’ presence on votes for the Greek extreme-right party Golden Dawn. More precisely, we find that a 1 per cent increase in the share of refugees is associated with an increase of 5 per cent in the share of votes for Golden Dawn. This outcome is robust under different estimation methodologies and placebo regressions. © 2017 The Author. International Migration © 2017 IOM

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international migration estimation method Greece refugee voting behavior party politics election
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85034647872&doi=10.1111%2fimig.12409&partnerID=40&md5=b5e8afbe62e2733589591d50912ce17e
DOI: 10.1111/imig.12409
ISSN: 00207985
Original Language: English