Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/210907 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
IFN Working Paper No. 1266
Publisher: 
Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN), Stockholm
Abstract: 
This study shows that in Sweden, contrary to other European countries, refugees have been disproportionately placed in peripheral and rural areas with high unemployment and rapid native depopulation where the prospects for integration, both socially and economically, are poor. We explore and evaluate some potential reasons for this outcome. Factors such as an intimidating political and intellectual climate in favor of receiving large numbers of asylum seekers and immigrants and the economic support given by the central government to municipalities that accept refugees are not sufficient to understand the actions of rural local governments. Instead, we argue that Tetlock's seminal work on "expert political judgment" may provide a useful approach for understanding the seemingly irrational actions of local politicians in rural and peripheral municipalities.
Subjects: 
Immigration
Social capital
Political judgment
Rational choice
Urbanization
JEL: 
J15
J61
O15
R58
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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