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Smaller towns and villages in Sweden have suffered economically as a result of out-migration. Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP via Getty Images

June 10, 2024

Emigration: The hidden catalyst behind the rise of the radical right in Europe’s depopulating regions

Rafaela Dancygier, Princeton University and David Laitin, Stanford University

Researchers find a relationship between population declines in rural areas and support for populist radical right parties in 28 EU countries.

The director of the Paris mosque, Dalil Boubakeur, in the front line Stephane Mahe/Reuters

January 21, 2015

The cycle of anti‑Muslim discrimination in France is likely to worsen

Marie-Anne Valfort, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne; Claire L. Adida, University of California, San Diego, and David Laitin, Stanford University

Muslims in France and the French host population are locked in a discriminatory equilibrium. This is the conclusion, summarized in our soon-to-be published book, of a six-year research program that investigates…

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