Immigration and the Rise of Far-right Parties in Europe

Posted: 25 Jul 2019

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Sumit S. Deole

Technical University of Dortmund; Global Labor Organization (GLO)

Lewis Davis

Union College - Department of Economics

Date Written: December 1, 2017

Abstract

The immigrant share of the population has risen substantially in most European countries since the beginning of the century. Figure 1 shows this rise for selected countries between 2002 and 2014. Not only is the immigrant share of the population high in absolute terms, exceeding 10% in a majority of the countries in the Figure, but in many cases it has increased quite rapidly, with growth exceeding 50% for several countries during this period. While the rapid increase in the immigrant share of the population has posed major policy challenges for European countries, involving assimilation, education, and employment, inter alia; for many observers the more fundamental challenge has been the coincident rise of far-right wing political parties....

Suggested Citation

Deole, Sumit S. and Davis, Lewis S., Immigration and the Rise of Far-right Parties in Europe (December 1, 2017). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3423517

Sumit S. Deole (Contact Author)

Technical University of Dortmund ( email )

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Dortmund, 44227
Germany

Global Labor Organization (GLO) ( email )

Collogne
Germany

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Lewis S. Davis

Union College - Department of Economics ( email )

Schenectady, NY 12308-3107
United States

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