Economic self-interest or cultural threat? Migrant unemployment and class-based support for populist radical right parties in Europe

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Cordero, Guillermo
Zagórski, Piotr
Rama, Jose
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2023-07-15
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Political Behavior
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46
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1397–1416
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0190-9320
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https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11109-023-09877-8
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2023-07-15
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Labor market competition theory has traditionally analyzed the threat perceived by lower and middle class’ natives on competition over jobs with immigrants. However, in this article we focus on the fiscal burden and competition for social benefits generated by unemployed immigrants and its impact on the vote for Populist Radical Right Parties (PRRPs). Combining individual-level data and aggregate unemployment indicators for over 60 regions from 10 EU countries, we show that, on the one hand, upper class natives seem to support PRRPs when migrant unemployment rates are higher, irrespective of migrants’ origin, which is consistent with the fiscal burden model. On the other hand, lower and middle class natives are more likely to support PRRPs only in contexts of higher unemployment rates among non-EU migrants (but not among migrants from other EU member states), pointing towards an interaction between cultural and economic explanations. These findings underscore the need to account for migrant populations’ characteristics and to consider not only labor competition, but also the fiscal burden to better understand how unemployment may impact PRRP voting.
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Immigration
Populism
Radical Right
Social class
Unemployment
Fiscal Burden
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