Right-wing extremism and the well-being of immigrants

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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.

Object Details

• ISBN: 978-3-941240-10-0
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Diskussionsbeiträge ; No. 2009/16

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie, Anthropologie ; General Welfare; Well-Being ; Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics: Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population; Neighborhood Characteristics ; Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
• Subject: Well-Being ; Life Satisfaction ; Right-Wing Extremism ; Migration ; SOEP ; Migranten ; Hochqualifizierte Arbeitskräfte ; Lebenszufriedenheit ; Ethnische Diskriminierung ; Deutschland

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Knabe, Andreas ; Rätzel, Steffen ; Thomsen, Stephan L.
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Freie Universität Berlin, Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaft
• (where): Berlin
• (when): 2009

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/30161
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET