communism. …

1945 to 1990, East Germans lived under a Communist regime with heavy state intervention and extensive redistribution. We … find that, after German reunification, East Germans are more in favor of redistribution and state intervention than West … Communism for a longer time period. We further find that East Germans' preferences converge towards those of West Germans. We …

1990, East Germans lived under a Communist regime with heavy state intervention and extensive redistribution. We find that …, after German reunification, East Germans are more in favor of redistribution and state intervention than West Germans, even … after controlling for economic incentives. This effect is especially strong for older cohorts, who lived under Communism for …

1990, East Germans lived under a Communist regime with heavy state intervention and extensive redistribution. We find that …, after German reunification, East Germans are more in favor of redistribution and state intervention than West Germans, even … after controlling for economic incentives. This effect is especially strong for older cohorts, who lived under Communism for …

demonstrates empirically that people’s attitudes toward immigration are affected by their country's politico-economic legacy … Germans, because of their exposure to communism, are notably more likely to be very concerned about immigration than former … not before, the communist rule and that differences in attitudes persist even after Germany’s reunification. People …