Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/88655 
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Year of Publication: 
2013
Series/Report no.: 
Research Papers in Economics No. 2/13
Publisher: 
Universität Trier, Fachbereich IV – Volkswirtschaftslehre, Trier
Abstract: 
Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) and administrative data from 1996 to 2009, I investigate the question whether or not right-wing extremism of German residents is affected by the ethnic concentration of foreigners living in the same residential area. My results show a positive but insignificant relationship between ethnic concentration at county level and the probability of extreme right-wing voting behavior for West Germany. However, due to potential endogeneity issues, I additionally instrument the share of foreigners in a county with the share of foreigners in each federal state (following an approach of Dustmann/Preston 2001). I find evidence for the interethnic contact theory, predicting a negative relationship between foreigners’ share and right-wing voting. Moreover, I analyze the moderating role of education and the influence of cultural traits on this relationship.
Subjects: 
Ethnic concentration
extreme right-wing voting
group threat
interethnic contact
JEL: 
D72
R23
J15
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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