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Speaker:
Enzo Brox (University of St. Gallen)

Far-right protests and migration

Abstract: We study how far-right rallies affect migration flows. To address this question, we use administrative and survey data from Germany and exploit that the city of Dresden unexpectedly experienced large-scale right-wing demonstrations. Results from dyadic fixed effect regressions and Synthetic Control analyses suggest that these rallies significantly reduced in-migration, especially of young Germans and foreigners. We also observe that many of these people are highly skilled. For out-migration, we find only small effects. Finally, we use results from a representative survey to illustrate that the far-right protests decreased Dresden’s reputation and that people perceived this city as less secure afterwards.