| ID | 181554 |
| Title Proper | Workplace Contact and Support for Anti-Immigration Parties |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | ANDERSSON, HENRIK ; Dehdari, Sirus H |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | How does an increased presence of immigrants in the workplace affect anti-immigration voting behavior? While cooperative interactions between natives and immigrants can reduce intergroup prejudice, immigrant coworkers might be regarded as a threat to native-born workers’ labor market position. We combine detailed Swedish workplace data with precinct-level election outcomes for a large anti-immigration party (the Sweden Democrats) to study how the share of non-Europeans in the workplace affects opposition to immigration. We show that the share of non-Europeans in the workplace has a negative effect on support for the Sweden Democrats and that this effect is solely driven by same-skill contact in small workplaces. We interpret these results as supporting the so-called contact hypothesis: that increased interactions with minorities can reduce opposition to immigration among native-born voters, which, in turn, leads to lower support for anti-immigration parties. |
| `In' analytical Note | American Political Science Review Vol. 115, No.4; Nov 2021: p.1159 - 1174 |
| Journal Source | American Political Science Review 2021-12 115, 4 |
| Key Words | Anti-Immigration Parties |