Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/227203 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 13676
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
One of the fundamental questions in the social sciences is whether modern welfare states can be sustained as countries welcome more immigrants. On theoretical grounds, the relationship between immigration and support for redistribution is ambiguous. Immigration may increase ethnic diversity, which may reduce the support for redistribution. On the other hand, natives may demand more redistribution as an insurance against labour market risks brought by immigration. In this chapter, we review the theoretical and empirical literature on immigration and redistribution from across the social sciences. We focus on two themes, namely the effect of immigration on natives' support for redistribution, and the effect on the actual setting of tax and spending policies. Recent empirical evidence suggests that immigration lowers the support for redistribution and leads to lower taxation and spending. However, the magnitude of these effects appears to be highly context-dependent.
Subjects: 
migration
redistribution
public policy
JEL: 
F22
H2
H4
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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