Immigrant franchise and immigration policy: Evidence from the Progressive Era

Migrants and the Economy: Realities and Representations Seminar Series

11 October 15:30 to 17:00
64 Banbury Road, Oxford OX2 6PN
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This seminar series is organised as part of the REMINDER project, funded by the European Commission Horizon 2020 Programme, which explores the economic and social impacts of migration and political and media narratives about it. For more information about the seminars or to make an appointment with a speaker please contact Esther Arenas-Arroyo (esther.arenas-arroyo@compas.ox.ac.uk) or Carlos Vargas-Silva (carlos.vargas-silva@compas.ox.ac.uk).

IMMIGRANT FRANCHISE AND IMMIGRATION POLICY: EVIDENCE FROM THE PROGRESSIVE ERA

Costanza Biavaschi, Norwegian University of Science and Technology

In her study “Immigrant franchise and immigration policy: Evidence from the Progressive Era” (co-authored with Giovanni Facchini) Costanza explores the link between restrictions to the electoral franchise enacted in the progressive era and voting behaviour of U.S. Representatives on immigration policy. They put particular attention on exploring the role played by naturalized U.S. citizens in explaining congressional support for restrictive immigration policy measures. To this end, they construct a unique dataset combining roll call votes on immigration policy cast between 1897 and 1924, with a wealth of congressional district level economic and demographic characteristics.

 

Migration and Mobility

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