Doctoral Dissertation in Political Science: Local Political Contexts and Immigrant Integration

为什么移民在某些地方比其他地方更能在经济、社会和政治上融入社会？为什么当地人在某些地方比其他地方更反对或支持移民？移民到达新的国家后，在不同的空间和时间，他们的经历有很大的不同。在某些情况下，移民能够在新的地点蓬勃发展，在经济上取得成功，同时与国民和平共处。然而，在其他情况下，移民长期生活在贫困之中，与国民的关系紧张。 成功融入社会的一个重要决定因素是移民定居的环境。PI认为，由反移民政党统治的地区将阻碍移民的成功移民。PI进一步指出，高度同质化的移民社区助长了反移民态度。PI测试这些论点的杠杆作用，随机分配的难民在丹麦的地方，以及对多样性的影响的调查实验。总的来说，这项研究旨在为社会如何在未来几年最好地克服移民带来的挑战带来重要的启示。 技术摘要：本项目将确定当地政治环境在移民融合和当地人反移民态度发展中的作用。PI认为，由反移民政党统治的地区将阻碍移民的成功移民。PI进一步指出，高度同质化的移民社区助长了反移民态度。这些论点将通过利用发生在丹麦的难民安置准实验进行测试。 准实验的形式是1986-1998年的空间分散政策，根据该政策，难民被分配到丹麦周围的城市。结合来自政府登记册的微观数据，这将使PI能够测试上述预期。其次，本项目将调查移民中地方一级的多样性作为当地人反对移民的决定因素的作用。这一论点将在丹麦的调查实验进行测试。受访者将被随机选择观看一个关于高或低多样性移民社区的小插曲，然后询问他们对移民和移民的看法。将比较高多样性组和低多样性组之间报告的意见，以评估理论预期。总的来说，这项研究旨在为社会如何在未来几年最好地克服移民带来的挑战带来重要的启示。

General Summary:Why are immigrants better able to integrate - economically, socially, and politically - in some locations than others? Why do natives oppose or support immigrants more in some locations than others? Upon arriving in new countries, immigrants' experiences vary greatly across both space and time. In some cases, immigrants are able to thrive in their new location, succeeding economically while peacefully coexisting with nationals. Yet in other cases, immigrants are lodged in perpetual poverty and have strained relations with nationals. One important determinant of successful integration is the context in which immigrants settle. The PI contends that locations governed by anti-immigrant parties will hinder immigrants' successful immigration. The PI argues further that highly homogenous immigrant communities foster anti-immigrant attitudes. The PI tests these arguments by leveraging the random assignment of refugees to localities in Denmark together with a survey experiment on the effects of diversity. Overall, this study intends to bring important light to how society can best overcome the challenges presented by immigration in the coming years. Technical Summary:This project will ascertain the role of local political contexts in both immigrant integration and the development of anti-immigrant attitudes among natives. The PI argues that locations governed by anti-immigrant parties will hinder immigrants' successful immigration. The PI argues further that highly homogenous immigrant communities foster anti-immigrant attitudes. These arguments will be tested by leveraging a quasi-experiment in refugee location that occurred in Denmark. The quasi-experiment comes in the form of the Spatial Dispersion Policy of 1986-1998, in which refugees were assigned to municipalities around Denmark. Combined with micro data from government registers, this will allow the PI to test the expectations described above. Second, this project will investigate the role of local-level diversity among immigrants as a determinant of native opposition to immigration. This argument will be tested with a survey experiments in Denmark. Respondents will be randomly selected to view a vignette about either a high or low diversity immigrant community and then asked their opinion about immigrants and immigration. Reported opinions between the high and low diversity groups will be compared to evaluate the theoretical expectation. Overall, this study intends to bring important light to how society can best overcome the challenges presented by immigration in the coming years.