Immigrants consider the political context when deciding where they want to live

What is it about?

We study what immigrants consider, when they decide where in the country they want to live. We use a conjoint experiment to show that immigrants consider the political context alongside economic factors. Immigrants are more likely to pick a city or town if the political context is welcoming, where anti-immigrant parties are not dominant. Alongside living costs, immigrants also care about the possibility to participate in local politics.

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Photo by Pedro Lastra on Unsplash

Photo by Pedro Lastra on Unsplash

Why is it important?

Previous studies have looked at different criteria for location choice separately. Here, we consider them jointly to show that the political context influences how attractive a city or town is to immigrants.

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