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Title: Backlash Against Repression: Evidence from Refugees Fleeing the Former Soviet Bloc
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Publication Year: 2023
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Abstract: Using administrative data on Jewish refugees fleeing the Former Soviet Bloc for the United States between 1955 and 2000, along with survey data on Israeli citizens born in the Former Soviet Bloc, we demonstrate persistent downstream political consequences of living as a targeted minority under a repressive, communist regime. Using a within-family research design, we show that individuals who spent longer periods living under a Soviet Bloc government are more likely to engage in backlash against the regime that oppressed them by (1) being more likely to vote in their new democratic countries and (2) affiliating with right-wing political parties most unlike ruling regimes in their origin countries.
Url: https://www.valentinbolotnyy.com/files/bkl_hias_oct2023.pdf
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Authors: Bolotnyy, Valentin; Komisarchik, Mayya; Libgober, Brian
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Topics: Housing and Segregation, Migration and Immigration, Race and Ethnicity
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