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| Title: | | Does Parental Unemployment Cause Right-Wing Extremism?  |
| Authors: | | Siedler, Thomas |
| Issue Date: | | 2007 |
| Series/Report no.: | | DIW-Diskussionspapiere 666 |
| Abstract: | | 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 dierences 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. |
| Subjects: | | Right-wing extremism unemployment instrumental variables estimations panel estimators intergenerational links |
| JEL: | | P16 J6 D72 C23 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | Publikationen von Forscherinnen und Forschern des DIW DIW-Diskussionspapiere
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