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Family and Politics: Does Parental Unemployment Cause Right-Wing Extremism?
Siedler, Thomas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703736
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Intergenerational Correlations of Extreme Right-Wing Party Preferences and Attitudes toward Immigration
Avdeenko, Alexandra; Siedler, Thomas - 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/10011401618
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Jobs, Crime, and Votes: A Short-run Evaluation of the Refugee Crisis in Germany
Gehrsitz, Markus; Ungerer, Martin - 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/10011653222
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Financial liberalization and democracy: the role of reform reversals
Campos, Nauro F.; Coricelli, Fabrizio - 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/10010269387
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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/10012597344
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Financial Liberalization and Democracy: The Role of Reform Reversals
Campos, Nauro F.; Coricelli, Fabrizio - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 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/10005078573
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Unemployment and Right-Wing Extremist Crime
Falk, Armin; Zweimüller, Josef - 2005
Right-wing extremism is a serious problem in many societies. A prominent hypothesis states that unemployment plays a … fact a significant positive relation between unemployment and rightwing criminal activities. We show further that the big … difference in right-wing crime between East and West German states can mostly be attributed to differences in unemployment. This …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262647
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Unemployment and Right-Wing Extremist Crime
Falk, Armin; Zweimüller, Josef - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
Right-wing extremism is a serious problem in many societies. A prominent hypothesis states that unemployment plays a … fact a significant positive relation between unemployment and rightwing criminal activities. We show further that the big … difference in right-wing crime between East and West German states can mostly be attributed to differences in unemployment. This …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761991
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Terrorism and Employment: Evidence from Successful and Failed Terror Attacks
Brodeur, Abel - 2015
This paper examines the economic consequences of terror attacks and the channels through which terrorism affects local economies. I rely on an exhaustive list of terror attacks over the period 1970-2013 in the U.S. and exploit the inherent randomness in the success or failure of terror attacks...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011401800
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Do Party Positions Affect the Public's Policy Preferences?
Grewenig, Elisabeth; Lergetporer, Philipp; Werner, Katharina - 2019
The standard assumption of exogenous policy preferences implies that parties set their positions according to their voters' preferences. We investigate the reverse effect: Are the electorates' policy preferences responsive to party positions? In a representative German survey, we inform...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012005950