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Title: Immigrant franchise and immigration policy: Evidence from the Progressive Era

Author(s): Costanza Biavaschi and Giovanni Facchini

Publication Date: April 2020

Keyword(s): immigration policy and political economy

Programme Area(s): Economic History and International Trade and Regional Economics

Abstract: What is the role played by immigrant groups in shaping migration policy in the destination country? We address this question exploiting cross-state variation in U.S. citizens' access to the franchise, due to the presence of residency requirements. First we document that naturalized immigrants were more geographically mobile than natives. Second, congressmen representing districts with large numbers of naturalized U.S. citizens were more likely to support an open migration policy, but this effect is reversed once we account for residency requirements. Our results indicate that electoral accountability of U.S. congressmen to naturalized immigrants was a key factor in explaining this outcome.

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Biavaschi, C and Facchini, G. 2020. 'Immigrant franchise and immigration policy: Evidence from the Progressive Era'. London, Centre for Economic Policy Research. https://cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=14684