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Refugee reception, extreme-right voting, and compositional amenities: Evidence from Italian municipalities

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2023.103892

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We use data from Italy to study the political and social impact of a refugee reception policy (SPRAR) directly managed by local governments, whose features recall the conditions of the contact theory (Allport, 1954). Instrumental variables estimates indicate that municipalities that opened a refugee center between the 2013 and 2018 national elections experienced a change in the vote shares of extreme-right parties that is approximately 7 percentage points lower compared to municipalities that did not open a refugee center. We document that the positive impact of SPRARs on ‘‘compositional amenities’’ (i.e., local schools) and population growth allows explaining the negative impact on anti-immigrant prejudice. Finally, we provide evidence of spillovers in prejudice reduction in neighboring municipalities without a SPRAR.

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Eleccions locals, Extrema dreta, Itàlia, Refugiats, Partits polítics

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Local elections, right-wing extremists, Italy, Refugees, Political parties

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GAMALERIO, Matteo, et al. Refugee reception, extreme-right voting, and compositional amenities: Evidence from Italian municipalities. Regional Science and Urban Economics. 2023. Vol. 100, num. 1-17. ISSN 0166-0462. [consulted: 14 of August of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/213002

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