Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/30161 
Year of Publication: 
2009
Series/Report no.: 
Diskussionsbeiträge No. 2009/16
Publisher: 
Freie Universität Berlin, Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaft, Berlin
Abstract: 
This study analyzes the effects of right-wing extremism on the well-being of immigrants based on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) for the years 1984 to 2006 merged with state-level information on election outcomes. The results show that the life satisfaction of immigrants is significantly reduced if right-wing extremism in the native population increases. Moreover ; the life satisfaction of highly educated immigrants is affected more strongly than that of low-skilled immigrants. This supports the view that policies aimed at making immigration more attractive to the high-skilled have to include measures that reduce xenophobic attitudes in the native population.
Subjects: 
Well-Being
Life Satisfaction
Right-Wing Extremism
Migration
SOEP
JEL: 
I31
R23
J15
ISBN: 
978-3-941240-10-0
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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