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Ethnic Diversity, Public Spending, And Individual Support For The Welfare State: A Review Of The Empirical Literature
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- Chatruc,Marisol Rodríguez & Rozo Villarraga,Sandra Viviana, 2021. "In Someone Else’s Shoes : Reducing Prejudice Through Perspective Taking," Policy Research Working Paper Series 9866, The World Bank.
- Alesina, Alberto & Murard, Elie & Rapoport, Hillel, 2019.
"Immigration and Preferences for Redistribution in Europe,"
IZA Discussion Papers
12130, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Alberto Alesina & Elie Murard & Hillel Rapoport, 2021. "Immigration and preferences for redistribution in Europe," Post-Print halshs-03672695, HAL.
- Alesina, Alberto & Murard, Elie & Rapoport, Hillel, 2019. "Immigration and Preferences for Redistribution in Europe," CEPR Discussion Papers 14211, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
- Alberto Alesina & Elie Murard & Hillel Rapoport, 2019. "Immigration and Preferences for Redistribution in Europe," Working Papers 2019-15, CEPII research center.
- Alberto Alesina & Elie Murard & Hillel Rapoport, 2019. "Immigration and Preferences for Redistribution in Europe," NBER Working Papers 25562, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Alberto Alesina & Elie Murard & Hillel Rapoport, 2021. "Immigration and preferences for redistribution in Europe," PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint) halshs-03672695, HAL.
- Iñigo Iturbe-Ormaetxe & Santiago Sanchez-Pages & Angel Solano-Garcia, 2023. "Contested Elections And The Power Of New Voters: The Impact Of Extending Voting Rights To Non-Citizens," ThE Papers 23/11, Department of Economic Theory and Economic History of the University of Granada..
- Olivier Bargain & Victor Stephane & Jérôme Valette, 2022.
"Another brick in the wall. Immigration and electoral preferences: Direct evidence from state ballots,"
Review of International Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 30(5), pages 1452-1477, November.
- Bargain, Olivier B. & Stephane, Victor & Valette, Jérôme, 2021. "Another Brick in the Wall. Immigration and Electoral Preferences: Direct Evidence from State Ballots," IZA Discussion Papers 14233, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Olivier Bargain & Victor Stephane & Jérôme Valette, 2022. "Another brick in the wall. Immigration and electoral preferences: Direct evidence from state ballots," Université Paris1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (Post-Print and Working Papers) halshs-03621244, HAL.
- Olivier Bargain & Victor Stephane & Jérôme Valette, 2021. "Another brick in the wall. Immigration and electoral preferences: Direct evidence from state ballots," Post-Print hal-03625186, HAL.
- Olivier Bargain & Victor Stephane & Jérôme Valette, 2022. "Another brick in the wall. Immigration and electoral preferences: Direct evidence from state ballots," Post-Print halshs-03621244, HAL.
- Olivier Bargain & Victor Stephane & Jérôme Valette, 2021. "Another Brick in the Wall. Immigration and Electoral Preferences: Direct Evidence from State Ballots," Université Paris1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (Post-Print and Working Papers) hal-03187855, HAL.
- Olivier Bargain & Victor Stephane & Jérôme Valette, 2021. "Another Brick in the Wall. Immigration and Electoral Preferences: Direct Evidence from State Ballots," Working Papers hal-03187855, HAL.
- Gründler, Klaus & Köllner, Sebastian, 2020.
"Culture, diversity, and the welfare state,"
Journal of Comparative Economics, Elsevier, vol. 48(4), pages 913-932.
- Klaus Gründler & Sebastian Köllner, 2018. "Culture, Diversity, and the Welfare State," CESifo Working Paper Series 6856, CESifo.
- Gruendler, Klaus & Koellner, Sebastian, 2020. "Culture, diversity, and the welfare state," Munich Reprints in Economics 84739, University of Munich, Department of Economics.
- Coban, Mustafa, 2017. "I'm fine with Immigrants, but ...: Attitudes, ethnic diversity, and redistribution preference," Discussion Paper Series 137, Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg, Chair of Economic Order and Social Policy.
- Green, David A. & Riddell, William Craig, 2017.
"Is there a tradeoff between ethnic diversity and redistribution? The case of income assistance in Canada,"
CLEF Working Paper Series
10, Canadian Labour Economics Forum (CLEF), University of Waterloo.
- Green, David A. & Riddell, W. Craig, 2019. "Is There a Tradeoff between Ethnic Diversity and Redistribution? The Case of Income Assistance in Canada," IZA Discussion Papers 12098, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Schaeffer, Merlin, 2013. "Ethnic diversity, public goods provision and social cohesion: Lessons from an inconclusive literature," Discussion Papers, Research Unit: Migration, Integration, Transnationalization SP VI 2013-103, WZB Berlin Social Science Center.
- Clark, Andrew E. & D'Ambrosio, Conchita, 2014.
"Attitudes to Income Inequality: Experimental and Survey Evidence,"
IZA Discussion Papers
8136, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Andrew E. Clark & Conchita d'Ambrosio, 2015. "Attitudes to Income Inequality: Experimental and Survey Evidence," PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint) halshs-01109066, HAL.
- Andrew E. Clark & Conchita d'Ambrosio, 2014. "Attitudes to Income Inequality: Experimental and Survey Evidence," Working Papers halshs-00967938, HAL.
- Andrew E. Clark & Conchita d'Ambrosio, 2014. "Attitudes to Income Inequality: Experimental and Survey Evidence," PSE Working Papers halshs-00967938, HAL.
- Andrew E. Clark & Conchita d'Ambrosio, 2015. "Attitudes to Income Inequality: Experimental and Survey Evidence," Post-Print halshs-01109066, HAL.
- Benjamin Elsner & Jeff Concannon, 2020.
"Immigration and Redistribution,"
Working Papers
202024, School of Economics, University College Dublin.
- Elsner, Benjamin & Concannon, Jeff, 2020. "Immigration and Redistribution," IZA Discussion Papers 13676, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Benjamin Elsner & Jeff Concannon, 2020. "Immigration and Redistribution," Working Papers 202008, Geary Institute, University College Dublin.
- Lapointe, Simon, 2018.
"“Love thy neighbour”? The effect of income and language differences on votes for municipal secessions,"
Regional Science and Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 70(C), pages 229-245.
- Lapointe, Simon, 2018. ""Love Thy Neighbour"? The Effect of Income and Language Differences on Votes for Municipal Secessions," Working Papers 107, VATT Institute for Economic Research.
- Alberto Alesina & Johann Harnoss & Hillel Rapoport, 2021.
"Immigration and the Future of the Welfare State in Europe,"
The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , vol. 697(1), pages 120-147, September.
- Alberto Alesina & Johann Harnoss & Hillel Rapoport, 2018. "Immigration and the Future of the Welfare State in Europe," Working Papers halshs-01707760, HAL.
- Alberto Alesina & Johann Harnoss & Hillel Rapoport, 2021. "Immigration and the Future of the Welfare State in Europe," Post-Print halshs-03672708, HAL.
- Alberto Alesina & Johann Harnoss & Hillel Rapoport, 2018. "Immigration and the Future of the Welfare State in Europe," PSE Working Papers halshs-01707760, HAL.
- Alberto Alesina & Johann Harnoss & Hillel Rapoport, 2021. "Immigration and the Future of the Welfare State in Europe," PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint) halshs-03672708, HAL.
- Francine D. Blau & Lawrence M. Kahn & Nikolai Boboshko & Matthew Comey, 2024.
"The Impact of Selection into the Labor Force on the Gender Wage Gap,"
Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 42(4), pages 1093-1133.
- Francine D. Blau & Lawrence M. Kahn & Nikolai Boboshko & Matthew Comey, 2021. "The Impact of Selection into the Labor Force on the Gender Wage Gap," Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin 1946, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research.
- Blau, Francine D. & Kahn, Lawrence M. & Boboshko, Nikolai & Comey, Matthew, 2021. "The Impact of Selection into the Labor Force on the Gender Wage Gap," IZA Discussion Papers 14335, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Francine D. Blau & Lawrence M. Kahn & Nikolai Boboshko & Matthew L. Comey, 2021. "The Impact of Selection into the Labor Force on the Gender Wage Gap," NBER Working Papers 28855, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Francine D. Blau & Lawrence Kahn & Nikolai Boboshko & Matthew Comey, 2021. "Th Impact of Selection into the Labor Force on the Gender Wage Gap," CESifo Working Paper Series 9103, CESifo.
- Edo, Anthony & Giesing, Yvonne & Öztunc, Jonathan & Poutvaara, Panu, 2019.
"Immigration and electoral support for the far-left and the far-right,"
European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 115(C), pages 99-143.
- Anthony Edo & Yvonne Giesing & Jonathan Öztunc & Panu Poutvaara, 2017. "Immigration and Electoral Support for the Far Left and the Far Right," Working Papers 2017-20, CEPII research center.
- Anthony Edo & Yvonne Giesing & Jonathan Öztunc & Panu Poutvaara, 2019. "Immigration and electoral support for the far-left and the far-right," EconPol Working Paper 24, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich.
- Anthony Edo & Yvonne Giesing & Jonathan Öztunc & Panu Poutvaara, 2018. "Immigration and Electoral Support for the Far-Left and the Far-Right," CESifo Working Paper Series 6918, CESifo.
- Anthony Edo & Yvonne Giesing & Jonathan Öztunc & Panu Poutvaara, 2017. "Immigration and Electoral Support for the Far Left and the Far Right," ifo Working Paper Series 244, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich.
- Edo, Anthony & Giesing, Yvonne & Oeztunc, Jonathan & Poutvaara, Panu, 2019. "Immigration and electoral support for the far-left and the far-right," Munich Reprints in Economics 78235, University of Munich, Department of Economics.
- Edo, Anthony & Giesing, Yvonne & Öztunc, Jonathan & Poutvaara, Panu, 2018. "Immigration and Electoral Support for the Far-Left and the Far-Right," VfS Annual Conference 2018 (Freiburg, Breisgau): Digital Economy 181564, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association.
- Simon Hetland & Rasmus Søndergaard Pedersen & Anders Rahbek, 2019. "Dynamic Conditional Eigenvalue GARCH," Discussion Papers 19-13, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics.
- Neher, Frank, 2012. "Preferences for redistribution around the world," Discussion Papers 2012/2, Free University Berlin, School of Business & Economics.
- Alberto Alesina & Armando Miano & Stefanie Stantcheva, 2023.
"Immigration and Redistribution,"
The Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economic Studies Ltd, vol. 90(1), pages 1-39.
- Alberto Alesina & Armando Miano & Stefanie Stantcheva, 2018. "Immigration and Redistribution," NBER Working Papers 24733, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Stantcheva, Stefanie & Alesina, Alberto & Miano, Armando, 2022. "Immigration and Redistribution," CEPR Discussion Papers 13035, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
- Benos, Nikos & Kammas, Pantelis, 2023. "The effect of ethnic diversity on the participation in social groups: Evidence from trade unions," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 77(C).
- Francois Facchini, 2018.
"What Are the Determinants of Public Spending? An Overview of the Literature,"
Atlantic Economic Journal, Springer;International Atlantic Economic Society, vol. 46(4), pages 419-439, December.
- François Facchini, 2019. "What Are the Determinants of Public Spending? An Overview of the Literature," Université Paris1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (Post-Print and Working Papers) hal-01972698, HAL.
- François Facchini, 2019. "What Are the Determinants of Public Spending? An Overview of the Literature," Post-Print hal-01972698, HAL.
- Pascal Achard & Sigrid Suetens, 2023.
"The causal effect of ethnic diversity on support for redistribution and the role of discrimination,"
Journal of Economic Surveys, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 37(5), pages 1678-1696, December.
- Achard, Pascal & Suetens, Sigrid, 2023. "The Causal Effect of Ethnic Diversity on Support for Redistribution and the Role of Discrimination," Other publications TiSEM a5e6e0cd-5e07-4a24-a15c-a, Tilburg University, School of Economics and Management.
- Achard, Pascal & Suetens, Sigrid, 2023. "The Causal Effect of Ethnic Diversity on Support for Redistribution and the Role of Discrimination," Discussion Paper 2023-013, Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research.
- Freier, Ronny & Geys, Benny & Holm, Joshua, 2016.
"Religious heterogeneity and fiscal policy: Evidence from German reunification,"
Journal of Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 94(C), pages 1-12.
- Ronny Freier & Benny Geys & Joshua Holm, 2013. "Religious Heterogeneity and Fiscal Policy: Evidence from German Reunification," Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin 1266, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research.
- Lustenhouwer, Joep & Makarewicz, Tomasz & Peña, Juan Carlos & Proaño Acosta, Christian, 2021. "Are some people more equal than others? Experimental evidence on group identity and income inequality," BERG Working Paper Series 168, Bamberg University, Bamberg Economic Research Group.
- Koopmans, Ruud & Schaeffer, Merlin, 2013. "De-composing diversity: In-group size and out-group entropy and their relationship to neighbourhood cohesion," Discussion Papers, Research Unit: Migration, Integration, Transnationalization SP VI 2013-104, WZB Berlin Social Science Center.
- Rodríguez Chatruc, Marisol & Rozo, Sandra V., 2024. "In someone else’s shoes: Reducing prejudice through perspective taking," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 170(C).
- Müller, Daniel, 2019. "The anatomy of distributional preferences with group identity," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 166(C), pages 785-807.
- Min, Shi & Huang, Jikun & Waibel, Hermann & Yang, Xueqing & Cadisch, Georg, 2019. "Rubber Boom, Land Use Change and the Implications for Carbon Balances in Xishuangbanna, Southwest China," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 156(C), pages 57-67.
- Sjoerd Beugelsdijk & Mariko J. Klasing & Petros Milionis, 2019.
"Value Diversity and Regional Economic Development,"
Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 121(1), pages 153-181, January.
- Beugelsdijk, Sjoerd & Klasing, Mariko & Milionis, Petros, 2016. "Value Diversity and Regional Economic Development," GGDC Research Memorandum GD-163, Groningen Growth and Development Centre, University of Groningen.
- Urbain Thierry Yogo, 2015.
"Ethnic Diversity and the Efficiency of Public Spending in Developing Countries,"
Working Papers
halshs-01161599, HAL.
- Urbain Thierry YOGO, 2015. "Ethnic Diversity and the Efficiency of Public Spending in Developing Countries," Working Papers 201513, CERDI.
- Marcus H. Böhme & Sarah Kups, 2017. "The economic effects of labour immigration in developing countries: A literature review," OECD Development Centre Working Papers 335, OECD Publishing.
- Marta Marson & Matteo Migheli & Donatella Saccone, 2021. "New evidence on the link between ethnic fractionalization and economic freedom," Economics of Governance, Springer, vol. 22(3), pages 257-292, September.
- Jérémy Laurent-Lucchetti & Dominic Rohner & Mathias Thoenig, 2024.
"Ethnic Conflict and the Informational Dividend of Democracy,"
Journal of the European Economic Association, European Economic Association, vol. 22(1), pages 73-116.
- Thoenig, Mathias & Laurent-Lucchetti, Jeremy & Rohner, Dominic, 2019. "Ethnic Conflicts and the Informational Dividend of Democracy," CEPR Discussion Papers 14182, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
- Goldschmidt, Tina & Rydgren, Jens, 2018. "Social distance, immigrant integration, and welfare chauvinism in Sweden," Discussion Papers, Research Unit: Migration, Integration, Transnationalization SP VI 2018-102, WZB Berlin Social Science Center.
- NAKAGAWA Mariko & SATO Yasuhiro & YAMAMOTO Kazuhiro, 2019.
"Segregation and Public Spending under Social Identification,"
Discussion papers
19096, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI).
- Mariko Nakagawa & Yasuhiro Sato & Kazuhiro Yamamoto, 2019. "Segregation and Public Spending under Social Identification," CIRJE F-Series CIRJE-F-1132, CIRJE, Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo.
- Rodríguez Chatruc, Marisol & Rozo, Sandra, 2021.
"How Does it Feel to Be Part of the Minority?: Impacts of Perspective Taking on Prosocial Behavior,"
IDB Publications (Working Papers)
11599, Inter-American Development Bank.
- Chatruc, Marisol Rodríguez & Rozo, Sandra V., 2021. "How Does It Feel to Be Part of the Minority? Impacts of Perspective-Taking on Prosocial Behaviors," IZA Discussion Papers 14303, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Bettin, Giulia & Sacchi, Agnese, 2020.
"Health spending in Italy: The impact of immigrants,"
European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 65(C).
- Giulia Bettin & Agnese Sacchi, 2019. "Health spending in Italy: the impact of immigrants," Working Papers 433, Universita' Politecnica delle Marche (I), Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Sociali.
- Christian Houle, 2017. "Inequality, ethnic diversity, and redistribution," The Journal of Economic Inequality, Springer;Society for the Study of Economic Inequality, vol. 15(1), pages 1-23, March.
- Coban, Mustafa, 2020. "Redistribution Preferences, Attitudes towards Immigrants, and Ethnic Diversity," IAB-Discussion Paper 202023, Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany].
- Iñigo Iturbe-Ormaetxe & Santiago Sanchez-Pages & Angel Solano-Garcia, 2021. "The redistributive effects of enfranchising non-citizens. Evidence from Sweden," ThE Papers 21/10, Department of Economic Theory and Economic History of the University of Granada..
- Zurlinden, Noémie & Valladares-Esteban, Arnau & Gottlieb, Charles, 2020. "The Effects of Asylum Seekers on Political Outcomes," Economics Working Paper Series 2018, University of St. Gallen, School of Economics and Political Science.
- Andrea Filippetti, 2018. "Does diversity undermine the provision of local public services in European regions?," Management Working Papers 15, Birkbeck Department of Management, revised Feb 2021.
- Paul Segal, 2022. "Inequality Interactions: The Dynamics of Multidimensional Inequalities," Development and Change, International Institute of Social Studies, vol. 53(5), pages 941-961, September.
- Liza G. Steele & Krystal M. Perkins, 2018. "The Effects of Perceived Neighborhood Diversity on Preferences for Redistribution: A Pilot Study," Societies, MDPI, vol. 8(3), pages 1-24, September.
- Matti Viren, 2022. "The fiscal consequences of immigration: a study of local governments’ expenditures," Review of Regional Research: Jahrbuch für Regionalwissenschaft, Springer;Gesellschaft für Regionalforschung (GfR), vol. 42(1), pages 75-94, April.
- Dimitrova-Grajzl Valentina & Grajzl Peter & Guse A. Joseph & Smith J. Taylor, 2016.
"Racial Group Affinity and Religious Giving: Evidence from Congregation-Level Panel Data,"
The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, De Gruyter, vol. 16(2), pages 689-725, April.
- Valentina Dimitrova-Grajzl & Peter Grajzl & A. Joseph Guse & J. Taylor Smith, 2014. "Racial Group Affinity and Religious Giving: Evidence from Congregation-Level Panel Data," CESifo Working Paper Series 5135, CESifo.
- Neundorf, Anja & Cavaille, Charlotte, 2016. "The price of sharing: support for universal and equal access to health care in diversifying neighborhoods," ISER Working Paper Series 2016-10, Institute for Social and Economic Research.
- Dowon Kim & Dongwon Lee, 2021. "Immigration and the pattern of public spending: evidence from OECD countries," International Tax and Public Finance, Springer;International Institute of Public Finance, vol. 28(4), pages 1014-1034, August.
- Roxanne Raabe & Christian J. Sander & Andrea Schneider, 2024. "Public goods and diversity in democracies and non‐democracies," Kyklos, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 77(3), pages 496-519, August.
- Luna Bellani & Heinrich Ursprung, 2016. "The Political Economy of Redistribution Policy," CESifo Working Paper Series 6189, CESifo.
- Neher, Frank, 2012. "Preferences for Redistribution around the World," Working Papers 26/2012, Universidade Portucalense, Centro de Investigação em Gestão e Economia (CIGE).
- Albarosa,Emanuele & Elsner,Benjamin, 2022. "Forced Migration, Social Cohesion and Conflict: The 2015 Refugee Inflow in Germany," Policy Research Working Paper Series 9913, The World Bank.
- Sonja Settele, 2019. "How Do Beliefs about the Gender Wage Gap Affect the Demand for Public Policy?," CEBI working paper series 19-13, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics. The Center for Economic Behavior and Inequality (CEBI).
- Schütt, Christoph & Pipke, David & Detlefsen, Lena & Grimalda, Gianluca, 2022. "Does ethnic heterogeneity decrease workers' effort in the presence of income redistribution? An experimental analysis," Kiel Working Papers 2228, Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel).
- Henning Finseraas & Marianne Røed & Pål Schøne, 2020. "Labour immigration and union strength," European Union Politics, , vol. 21(1), pages 3-23, March.
- Daniel Müller, 2017. "The anatomy of distributional preferences with group identity," Working Papers 2017-02, Faculty of Economics and Statistics, Universität Innsbruck, revised Mar 2017.
- Christian Houle, 2017. "Inequality, ethnic diversity, and redistribution," The Journal of Economic Inequality, Springer;Society for the Study of Economic Inequality, vol. 15(1), pages 1-23, March.
- ten Kate, Fabian & Klasing, Mariko J. & Milionis, Petros, 2023. "Societal diversity, group identities and their implications for tax morale," Journal of Comparative Economics, Elsevier, vol. 51(3), pages 1048-1067.
- Facchini, Francois, 2014. "The determinants of public spending: a survey in a methodological perspective," MPRA Paper 53006, University Library of Munich, Germany.
- Finseraas, Henning & Roed, Marianne & Schone, Pal, 2018. "Labour Immigration and Union Strength," IZA Discussion Papers 11723, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Ulrich Hendel & Salmai Qari, 2014. "Immigration and Attitudes Towards Day Care," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 119(2), pages 997-1029, November.
- Schütt, Christoph A. & Pipke, David & Detlefsen, Lena & Grimalda, Gianluca, 2023. "Does ethnic heterogeneity decrease workers’ effort in the presence of income redistribution? An experimental analysis," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 79(C).
- Krzysztof Beck & Michał Możdżeń, 2020. "Institutional Determinants of Budgetary Expenditures. A BMA-Based Re-Evaluation of Contemporary Theories for OECD Countries," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(10), pages 1-31, May.
- Murard, Elie, 2017. "Less Welfare or Fewer Foreigners? Immigrant Inflows and Public Opinion towards Redistribution and Migration Policy," IZA Discussion Papers 10805, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Matti Viren, 2022. "The fiscal consequences of immigration: a study of local governments’ expenditures," Discussion Papers 151, Aboa Centre for Economics.