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Workplace Contact and Support for Anti-Immigration Parties

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  • ANDERSSON, HENRIK
  • DEHDARI, SIRUS H.

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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.

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  • Andersson, Henrik & Dehdari, Sirus H., 2021. "Workplace Contact and Support for Anti-Immigration Parties," American Political Science Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 115(4), pages 1159-1174, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:apsrev:v:115:y:2021:i:4:p:1159-1174_5
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