• Topic Political Economy [optional topic]

• Explaining public preferences on immigration

○ Hainmueller, Jens and Daniel J. Hopkins (2014). “Public Attitudes toward Immigration”. Annual Review of Political Science; V.17, pp. 225-249.

○ Scheve, Kenneth and Matthew Slaughter (2001). “Labor Market Competition and Individual Preferences of Immigration Policy”. Review of Economics and Statistics; 83(1), 133-145.

○ I. Gang, F. Rivera-Batiz and M. Yun (2002). “Economic Strain, Ethnic Concentration and Attitudes Towards Foreigners in the European Union”. Review of International Economics, V21-#2, pp. 177-190.

○ K. O’Rourke and R. Sinnott (2006). “The Determinants of Individual Attitudes Toward Immigration”. European Journal of Political Economy; V.22-#4, pp. 838-861.

○ A.M. Mayda (2006). “Who is Against Immigration? A Cross-Country Investigation of Individual Attitudes toward Immigrants”. Review of Economics and Statistics; V.88-#3, pp. 510-530.

■ Facchini, Giovanni and Anna Maria Mayda (2008). “From individual attitudes towards migrants to migration policy outcomes: Theory and Evidence”, Economic Policy, 56, pp. 651 – 713. [esp. 651-684]

■ Giovanni Facchini and Anna Maria Mayda (2009). “Does the Welfare State Affect Individual Attitudes toward Immigrants? Evidence across Countries,” Review of Economics and Statistics, 91(2), 295-314.

○ Giovanni, Facchini and Mayda Anna Maria (2010). “What Drives Immigration Policy? Evidence Based on a Survey of Governments’ Officials,” in G. S. Epstein and I. Gang eds, Migration and Culture. Bingley, UK: Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 605-48.

○ Jens Hainmueller and Michael Hiscox (2007). “Educated Preferences: Explaining Individual Attitudes Toward Immigration in Europe”. International Organization, V.61-#2: pp. 399-442.

■ Hainmueller, Jens and Michael J. Hiscox (2008). “Attitudes Towards Highly Skilled and Low Skilled Immigration: Evidence from a Survey Experiment”. American Political Science Review; V.104-#1, pp. 61-84.\

■ Helbling, Marc and Hanspeter Kriesi. (2014). “Why Citizens Prefer High- over Low-Skilled Immigrants. Labor Market Competition, Welfare State, and Deservingness.” European Sociological Review, V.30-#5, 595-614.

○ Hainmueller, Jens; Daniel J. Hopkins and Teppei Yamamoto. (2014). “Causal Inference in Conjoint Analysis: Understanding Multidimensional Choices Via Stated Preference Experiments.” Political Analysis, V.22-#1, 1-30.

○ Hainmueller, Jens and Daniel J. Hopkins (2012). “The Hidden American Immigration Consensus: A Conjoint Analysis of Attitudes toward Immigrants”. MIT Political Science Department Working Paper #2012-22.

○ Wright, Matthew, Morris Levy and Jack Citrin (2014). “Conflict and Consensus on American Public Opinion on Illegal Immigration”. American University–School of Public Affairs working paper, #2014-0006.

○ Ortega, Francesc and Javier G. Polavieja (2009). “Labor-market Exposure as a Determinant of Attitudes toward Immigration”. Labour Economics, 19(3), 298-311.

• Social/Cultural Bases for Migration Preferences

○ Citrin, Jack, Donald Green, Christopher Muste and Cara Wong (1997). “Public Opinion Toward Immigration Reform: The Role of Economic Motivations”. Journal of Politics; 59(2), 858-881.

○ Sniderman, Paul, Louk Hagendoorn and Markus Prior (2004). “Predisposing Factors and Situational Triggers: Exclusionary Reactions to Immigrant Minorities”. American Political Science Review; 98(1), 35-49.Sides, John and Jack Citrin (2007). “European Opinion About Immigration: The Role of Identities, Interests and Information”. British Journal of Political Science; 37(), 477-504.

○ Citrin, Jack; Amy Lerman; Michael Murakami and Kathryn Pearson. (2007). “Testing Huntington: Is Hispanic Immigration a Threat to American Identity?” Perspectives on Politics, V.5-#01, 31-48.

○ Citrin, Jack and John Sides. (2008). “Immigration and the Imagined Community in Europe and the United States.” Political Studies, V.56-#1, 33-56.

○ Dustmann, Christian and Ian Preston (2007). “Racial and Economic Factors in Attitudes Toward Immigration”. B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 7(1).

○ Dustmann, Christian; Francesca Fabbri and Ian Preston. (2011). “Racial Harassment, Ethnic Concentration, and Economic Conditions.” The Scandinavian Journal of Economics, V.113-#3, 689-711.

○ Card, David; Christian Dustmann and Ian Preston. 2012. “Immigration, Wages, and Compositional Amenities.” Journal of the European Economic Association, 10(1), 78-119.

○ Brader, Ted; Nicholas A. Valentino and Elizabeth Suhay. (2008). “What Triggers Public Opposition to Immigration? Anxiety, Group Cues, and Immigration Threat.” American Journal of Political Science, V.52-#4, 959-78.

○ Hopkins, Daniel (2010). “Politicized Places: Explaining Where and When Immigrants Provoke Local Opposition”. American Political Science Review; 104(1), 40-60.

○ Hopkins, Daniel J. (2011). “National Debates, Local Responses: The Origins of Local Concern About Immigration in Britain and the United States.” British Journal of Political Science, V.41-#03, 499-524.

○ Hopkins, Daniel J. (2014). “The Upside of Accents: Language, Inter-Group Difference, and Attitudes toward Immigration.” British Journal of Political Science, V.FirstView, 1-27.

○ Branton, Regina, Erin Cassese, Bradford Jones and Chad Westerland (2011). “All Along the Watchtower: Acculturation Fear, Anti-Latino Affect, and Immigration”. Journal of Politics; 73(3), 664-679.

• Labor market effects and political economy, 1: Referendum

■ Benhabib, J., 1996. “On the political economy of immigration”. European Economic Review 40, 1737-1743.

○ J.-M. Grether, J. deMelo, and T. Muller (2001). “The Political Economy of Migration in a Ricardo-Viner Model”. In S. Djajic, ed. International Migration: Trends, Policy, Impact. London: Routledge, pp. 42-68.

○ Mayer, W., 2010. From individual to social immigration preferences. ms: University of Cincinnati.

○ Magris, Francesco and Giuseppe Russo (2005). “Voting on Mass Immigration Restriction”. Rivista Internazionale di Scienze Sociali, V.113-#1, pp. 67-92.

○ Russo, Giuseppe (2011). “Voting over Selective Immigration Policies with Immigration Aversion”. Economics of Governance, V.12-#4, pp. 325-51.

○ Llavador, Humberto and Angel Solano-García (2011). “Immigration Policy with Partisan Parties”. Journal of Public Economics, V.95-#1–2, pp. 134-42.

○ Florence Miguet (2008). “Voting About Immigration Policy: What Does the Swiss Experience Tell Us?”. European Journal of Political Economy; V.24-#3, pp. 628-641.

○ Sciarini, Pascal and Anke Tresch. (2009). “A Two-Level Analysis of the Determinants of Direct Democratic Choices in European, Immigration and Foreign Policy in Switzerland.” European Union Politics, V.10-#4, 456-81.

○ Krishnakumar, Jaya and Tobias Müller (2012). “The Political Economy of Immigration in a Direct Democracy: The Case of Switzerland”. European Economic Review, V.56-#2, pp. 174-89.

○ Goldin, Claudia (1994). “The Political Economy of Immigration Restriction in the US”. In C. Goldin and G. Liebcap eds, The Regulated Economy: A Historical Approach to Political Economy, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, pp. 223-57.

○ Timmer, A. S. and Jeffrey G. Williamson (1998). “Immigration Policy Prior to the 1930s: Labor Markets, Policy Interactions, and Globalization Backlash”. Population and Development Review, V.24-#4, pp. 739-71.

○ McCarty, Nolan M.; Keith T. Poole and Howard Rosenthal (2006). “Immigration, Income and the Voters’ Incentive to Redistribute”. Chapter 4 in Polarized America: The Dance of Ideology and Unequal Riches, Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, pp. 115-38.

○ Facchini, Giovanni and Max Friedrich Steinhardt (2011). “What Drives U.S. Immigration Policy? Evidence from Congressional Roll Call Votes”. Journal of Public Economics, V.95-#7–8, pp. 734-43.

• Labor market effects and political economy, 2: Lobbying

■ Facchini, Giovanni and Gerald Willmann (2005). “The Political Economy of International Factor Mobility”. Journal of International Economics; V.67-#1, pp. 201-219.

■ Facchini, Giovanni and Anna Maria Mayda (2008). “From individual attitudes towards migrants to migration policy outcomes: Theory and Evidence”, Economic Policy, 56, pp. 651 – 713. [esp. 684-697]

■ Facchini, Giovanni; Anna Maria Mayda and Prachi Mishra (2008). “Do Interest Groups Affect US Immigration Policy?”. Journal of International Economics; V.85-#?, pp. 114-128.

○ Kerr, William R.; William Lincoln and Prachi Mishra (2011). “The Dynamics of Firm Lobbying”. American Economic Journal: Economic Policy; V6-#4, pp. 343-379.

○ Epstein, Gil S. and Shmuel Nitzan (2006). “The Struggle over Migration Policy”. Journal of Population Economics, V.19-#4, pp. 703-23.

○ Bodvarsson, Orn B.; William H. Kaempfer; Anton D. Lowenberg and William Mertens (2007). “The Political Market for Immigration Restrictions: Model and Test”. Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, V.16-#2, pp. 159-92.

○ Amegashi, J. Atsu (2004). “A Political Economy of Immigration Quotas”. Economics of Governance, V.5-#3, pp. 255-67.

○ Giorgio Bellettini and Carlotta Berti Ceroni (2008). “Can Unions Hurt Workers Workers?: A Positive Analysis of Immigration Policy”. Economics and Politics, V.20-#1, pp. 106-124.

• Welfare states and political economy

■ A. Razin, E. Sadka, and P. Swagel (2002). “Tax Burden and Migration: A Political-Economy Theory and Evidence”. Journal of Public Economics; V.85-#2, pp. 167-190.

○ Scholten, Ulrich and Marcel Thum (1996). “Public Pensions and Immigration Policy in a Democracy”. Public Choice, V.87-#3-4, pp. 347-61.

○ G. Epstein and L. Hillman (2003). “Unemployed Immigrants and Voter Sentiment in the Welfare State”. Journal of Public Economics; V.87-#7/8, pp. 1641-1655.

○ J. Dolmas and G. Huffman (2004). “On the Political Economy of Immigration and Income Redistribution”. International Economic Review; V.45-#4, pp. 1129-1168.

○ Hansen, Jørgen Drud (2003). “Immigration and Income Redistribution in Welfare States”. European Journal of Political Economy, V.19-#4, pp. 735-46.

○ M. Gradstein and M. Schiff (2004). “The Political Economy of Social Exclusion, with Implications for Immigration Policy”. Journal of Population Economics; V.19-#2, pp. 327-344.

○ Mayr, Karin (2007). “Immigration and Income Redistribution: A Political Economy Analysis”. Public Choice, V.131-#1-2, pp. 101-16.

○ Ortega, Francesc (2010). “Immigration, Citizenship, and the Size of Government”. The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, V.10-#1, pp. Article 26.

○ Roemer, John E.; Woojin Lee and Karine Van der Straeten (2007). Racism, Xenophobia, and Distribution: Multi-Issue Politics in Advanced Democracies. New York: Harvard University Press\Russell Sage foundation.

○ Kessler, Anke S.; Christoph Lulfesmann and Gordon M. Myers (2002). “Redistribution, Fiscal Competition, and the Politics of Economic Integration”. Review of Economic Studies, V.69-#4, pp. 899-923.

○ Hanson, Gordon H.; Kenneth Scheve and Matthew J. Slaughter. (2007). “Public Finance and Individual Preferences over Globalization Strategies.” Economics & Politics, V.19-#1, 1-33.

○ Burgoon, Brian; Ferry Koster and Marcel van Egmond. (2012). “Support for Redistribution and the Paradox of Immigration.” Journal of European Social Policy, V.22-#3, 288-304.

○ Burgoon, Brian. (2014). “Immigration, Integration, and Support for Redistribution in Europe.” World Politics, V.66-#03, 365-405.

○ Tiebout, Charles M. (1956). “A Pure Theory of Local Expenditures”. Journal of Political Economy, V.64-#5, pp. 416-24.

○ Bewley, Truman F. (1981). “A Critique of Tiebout’s Theory of Local Public Expenditures.” Econometrica, V.49-#3, 713-40.

○ Epple, Dennis and Thomas Romer (1991). “Mobility and Redistribution”. Journal of Political Economy, V.99-#4, pp. 828-58.

○ Epple, Dennis; Thomas Romer and Holger Sieg (2001). “Interjurisdictional Sorting and Majority Rule: An Empirical Analysis”. Econometrica, V.69-#6, pp. 1437-65.

○ Ross, Stephen and John Yinger (1999). “Sorting and Voting: A Review of the Literature on Urban Public Finance”. In P. Cheshire and E. S. Mills eds, Handbook of Regional and Urban Economics. Volume 3. Applied Urban Economics, Amsterdam: Elsevier, pp. 2001-60.

○ Bolton, Patrick and Gérard Roland (1996). “Distributional Conflicts, Factor Mobility, and Political Integration”. The American Economic Review, V.86-#2, pp. 99-104.

○ Bolton, Patrick and Gérard Roland (1997). “The Breakup of Nations: A Political Economy Analysis”. The Quarterly Journal of Economics, V.112-#4, pp. 1057-90.

○ Perotti, Roberto (2001). “Is a Uniform Social Policy Better? Fiscal Federalism and Factor Mobility”. The American Economic Review, V.91-#3, pp. 596-610.

• A real referendum: California’s prop. 187

■ C. Tolbert and R. Hero (1996). “Race/Ethnicity and Direct Democracy: An Analysis of California’s Illegal Immigration Initiative”. Journal of Politics; V.58-#3, pp. 806-818.

○ C. Tolbert and R. Hero (1996). “A Racial/Ethnic Diversity Interpretation of Politics and Policy in the States of the US”. American Journal of Political Science; V.40-#3, pp. 851-871.

○ Calavita, Kitty (1996). “The New Politics of Immigration: ‘Balanced-Budget Conservatism’ and the Symbolism of Proposition 187”. Social Problems, V.43-#3, pp. 284-305.

○ K. MacDonald and B. Cain (1997). “Nativism, Partisanship and Immigration: An Analysis of Prop. 187″. in M. Preston, B. Cain, and S. Bass, eds. Racial and Ethnic Politics in California. Berkeley: Institute for Governmental Studies.

■ R.M. Alvarez and T. Butterfield (2000). “The Resurgence of Nativism in California? The Case of Prop. 187 and Illegal Immigration”. Social Science Quarterly, V.81-#1, pp. 167-179.

○ L. Newton (2000). “Why Some Latinos Supported Proposition 187: Testing Economic Threat and Cultural Identity Hypotheses”. Social Science Quarterly, V.81-#1, pp. 180-193.

○ M. Hood and I. Morris (2000). “Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Racial/Ethnic Context and the Anglo Vote on Proposition 187”. Social Science Quarterly, V.81-#1, pp. 194-206.

○ Y.-T. Lee, V. Ottai, and I. Hussain (2001). “Attitudes toward ‘Illegal’ Immigration into the United States: California Proposition 187”. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences; V.23-#4, pp. 430-443.

• Political economy of enforcement

■ W. Shughart, R. Tollison, and M. Kimenyi (1986). “The Political Economy of Immigration Restrictions”. Yale Journal of Regulation; V.4-#?, pp. 79-97.

○ Lowell, B. Lindsay; Frank D. Bean and R. O. Delagarza. 1986. “The Dilemmas of Undocumented Immigration: An Analysis of the 1984 Simpson-Mazzoli Vote.” Social Science Quarterly, 67(1), pp. 118-27.

■ A. Dávila, J. Pagán, and M. Grau (1999). “Immigration Reform, the INS, and the Distribution of Interior and Border Enforcement Resources”. Public Choice; V.99-#3/4, pp. 327-345.

■ G. Hanson and A. Spilimbergo (2001). “Political Economy, Sectoral Shocks, and Border Enforcement”. Canadian Journal of Economics; V.34-#3, pp. 612-638.

○ T. Dunn (1996). The Militarization of the U.S.-Mexico Border, 1978-1992: Low-Intensity Conflict Comes Home. Austin: Univerity of Texas Press.

○ P. Andreas (2000). Border Games: Policing the U.S.-Mexico Divide. Ithaca: Cornell University Press.

• Political Economy of Trade v. Immigration

■ A.M. Mayda (2008). “Why are People More Pro-Trade than Pro-Migration?”. Economics Letters; V.101-#3, pp. 160-163.

■ Hatton, Timothy (2007). “A Dual Policy Paradox: Why have Trade and Immigration Policies always Differed in Labor Scarce Economies?” in T. J. Hatton, K. H. O’Rourke and A. M. Taylor (eds), The New Comparative Economic History: Essays in Honor of Jeffrey G. Williamson . Cambridge Mass: MIT Press.

■ Greenaway, David and Douglas Nelson (2010). “The Politics of (Anti-) Globalization: What Do We Learn from Simple Models?”. in N. Gaston and A. Khalid, eds. Globalization and Economic Integration: Winners and Losers in the Asia-Pacific. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, pp. 69-92.

■ Paola Conconi, Giovanni Facchini, Max Steinhardt, Maurizio Zanardi (2012). “The Political Economy of Trade and Migration: Evidence from the US Congress”. HWWI Research Paper, #136.

○ Peters, Margaret E. (2014). “Trade, Foreign Direct Investment, and Immigration Policy Making in the United States.” International Organization, V.68-#04, 811-44.

○ Schwellnus, Cyrille (2008). “The Non-Traded Sector, Lobbying, and the Choice between the Customs Union and the Common Market”. Economics and Politics, V.20-#3, pp. 361-90.

○ Facchini, Giovanni and Cecilia Testa (2009). “Who Is against a Common Market?”. Journal of the European Economic Association, V.7-#5, pp. 1068-100.

○ Bougheas, Spiros and Douglas Nelson. (2013). “On the Political Economy of High Skilled Migration and International Trade.” European Economic Review, V.63-#0, 206-24.

 

Final Examination: Saturday, 9 May, 8:00am.