| dc.creator |
Siedler, Thomas |
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| dc.date |
2007 |
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| dc.date.accessioned |
2013-10-16T06:59:49Z |
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| dc.date.available |
2013-10-16T06:59:49Z |
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| dc.date.issued |
2013-10-16 |
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| dc.identifier |
http://hdl.handle.net/10419/18398 |
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| dc.identifier |
ppn:525753729 |
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| dc.identifier.uri |
http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/18398 |
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| dc.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. |
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| dc.language |
eng |
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| dc.publisher |
Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW) Berlin |
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| dc.relation |
DIW-Diskussionspapiere 666 |
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| dc.rights |
http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen |
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| dc.subject |
P16 |
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| dc.subject |
J6 |
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| dc.subject |
D72 |
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| dc.subject |
C23 |
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| dc.subject |
ddc:330 |
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| dc.subject |
Right-wing extremism |
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| dc.subject |
unemployment |
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| dc.subject |
instrumental variables estimations |
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| dc.subject |
panel estimators |
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| dc.subject |
intergenerational links |
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| dc.subject |
Radikalismus |
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| dc.subject |
Faschismus |
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| dc.subject |
Jugendliche |
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| dc.subject |
Familiensoziologie |
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| dc.subject |
Arbeitslosigkeit |
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| dc.subject |
Deutschland |
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| dc.subject |
Alte Bundesländer |
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| dc.subject |
Neue Bundesländer |
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| dc.title |
Does Parental Unemployment Cause Right-Wing Extremism? |
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| dc.type |
doc-type:workingPaper |
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