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http://dspace.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/18398| Title: | Does Parental Unemployment Cause Right-Wing Extremism? |
| Keywords: | P16 J6 D72 C23 ddc:330 Right-wing extremism unemployment instrumental variables estimations panel estimators intergenerational links Radikalismus Faschismus Jugendliche Familiensoziologie Arbeitslosigkeit Deutschland Alte Bundesländer Neue Bundesländer |
| Issue Date: | 16-Oct-2013 |
| Publisher: | Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW) Berlin |
| Description: | Recent years have witnessed a rise in right-wing extremism among German youth and young adults. This paper investigates the extent to which the experience of parental unemployment during childhood affects young people's far right-wing attitudes and xenophobia. Estimates from three German data sets show a positive relationship between growing up with unemployed parents and right-wing extremism, with xenophobia in particular. This paper uses stark di erences in unemployment levels between East and West Germany, both before and after reunification, to investigate a causal relationship. Instrumental variables estimates suggest strong and significant effects of parental unemployment on right-wing extremism. Various panel estimates also point to a positive relationship. The results are consistent with classical theories of economic interest and voting behavior which predict that persons who develop feelings of economic insecurity are more susceptible to right-wing extremism and anti-foreign sentiments. |
| URI: | http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/18398 |
| Other Identifiers: | http://hdl.handle.net/10419/18398 ppn:525753729 |
| Appears in Collections: | EconStor |
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