From an analysis of the economic voting of 17,100 Danes, it is demonstrated that the reaction is about three times larger to a deterioration in the economy than to an improvement. The results point to the importance of economic stability in the welfare function. It provides an explanation of the...

Large parts of the population of third-world immigrants to rich countries have not been successfully integrated into domestic labor markets and so are not productively employed. A potential "immigration surplus" has therefore not been realized. These circumstances have been explained with...