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Family and Politics : Does Parental Unemployment Cause Right-Wing Extremism?
Siedler, Thomas - 2021
the extent to which the experience of parental unemployment during childhood affects young people's far right … unemployed parents and right-wing extremism, with xenophobia in particular. This paper uses differences in unemployment levels … variables estimates suggest strong and significant effects of parental unemployment on right-wing extremism. This is consistent …
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Jobs, Crime, and Votes : A Short-Run Evaluation of the Refugee Crisis in Germany
Gehrsitz, Markus - 2017
Millions of refugees made their way to Europe between 2014 and 2015, with over one million arriving in Germany alone. Yet, little is known about the impact of this inflow on labor markets, crime, and voting behavior. This article uses administrative data on refugee allocation and provides an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012964998
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Crime, Unemployment, and Xenophobia? An Ecological Analysis of Right-Wing Election Results in Hamburg, 1986-2005
Rotte, Ralph; Steininger, Martin - 2021
unemployment/crime - right-winger nexus. Moreover, crime does not seem to have a strong significant effect on right-wing populist …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013324892
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Financial Liberalization and Democracy : The Role of Reform Reversals
Campos, Nauro F. - 2009
The relationship between economic and political liberalization has received a great deal of attention lately, yet the possibility of a nonlinear relationship and the role of reversals remain largely neglected. Focusing on democratization and financial reform, this paper offers evidence for a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013157255
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Intergenerational Correlations of Extreme Right-Wing Party Preferences and Attitudes Toward Immigration
Avdeenko, Alexandra - 2015
This study analyzes the importance of parental socialization on the development of children's far right-wing preferences and attitudes towards immigration. Using longitudinal data from Germany, our intergenerational estimates suggest that the strongest and most important predictor for young...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013014044
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Income Changes Do Not Influence Political Participation : Evidence from Comparative Panel Data
Jungkunz, Sebastian; Marx, Paul - 2021
The income gradient in political participation is a widely accepted stylized fact. This article asks how income effects on political involvement unfold over time. Using nine panel datasets from six countries, it analyzes whether income changes have short-term effects on political involvement,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013238645
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Conditional Cash Transfers, Political Participation, and Voting Behavior
Baez, Javier - 2012
This paper estimates the effect of enrollment in a large scale anti-poverty program in Colombia, Familias en Acción (FA), on intent to vote, turnout and electoral choice. For identification we use discontinuities in program eligibility and variation in program enrollment across voting booths....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013099702
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Constitutions and Economic Development : Evidence from the American Indian Nations
Akee, Randall - 2012
This paper presents an empirical examination of economic and institutional development. Utilizing a novel data set on American Indian tribal nations, we investigate how constitutional design affects economic development, while holding the broader legal and political environment fixed....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013099810
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A Theory of Political Entrenchment
Saint-Paul, Gilles - 2012
We develop a theory of endogenous political entrenchment in a simple two-party dynamic model of income redistribution with probabilistic voting. A partially self-interested left-wing party may implement (entrenchment) policies reducing the income of its own constituency, the lower class, in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013107694
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Confidence in Public Institutions and the Run Up to the October 2019 Uprising in Lebanon
Fakih, Ali - 2020
This paper uses the 2013 World Value Survey, as well as the 2016 and 2018 waves of the Arab Barometer, to analyze the dynamics of trust in public institutions in Lebanon. It finds strong evidence that confidence in most public institutions has decreased between 2013 and 2016. The evidence of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012837906