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Arm, arbeitslos und politisch inaktiv?

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  • Martin Kroh
  • Christian Könnecke

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The poor and the unemployed are politically less interested and active than persons above the poverty line and the working population. Compared to other European democracies, Germany shows above-average levels of inequality of political participation. Data from the German Socio-economic Panel Study (SOEP) suggest that this inequality has been increasing in the past three decades. The data also indicate at an individual level that political participation does not decline in response to job loss and loss of income. Rather, the low levels of political involvement existed prior to these events and can in part be attributed to social origin. Menschen mit geringem Einkommen und Arbeitsuchende sind politisch weniger interessiert und aktiv als Personen oberhalb der Armutsrisikoschwelle sowie Erwerbstätige. Die Ungleichheit in der politischen Beteiligung ist in Deutschland im Vergleich zu anderen europäischen Demokratien leicht überdurchschnittlich; sie hat sich nach den Daten des Sozio-oekonomischen Panels (SOEP) in den vergangenen drei Jahrzehnten tendenziell erhöht. Diese Daten zeigen jedoch auch, dass Arbeitslose nicht erst in Folge des Jobverlusts und von Armut Betroffene nicht nach dem Einkommensrückgang ihre politische Beteiligung reduzieren, sondern dass ihre geringere politische Teilhabe bereits vor diesen Ereignissen bestand. Sie ist vielmehr stärker auf ihre soziale Herkunft zurückzuführen.

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  • Martin Kroh & Christian Könnecke, 2013. "Arm, arbeitslos und politisch inaktiv?," DIW Wochenbericht, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research, vol. 80(42), pages 3-15.
  • Handle: RePEc:diw:diwwob:80-42-1
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    1. Krumm, Raimund & Volkert, Jürgen, 2015. "Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der politischen Realisierbarkeit intra- und intergenerativer Gerechtigkeit," UFZ Discussion Papers 11/2015, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Division of Social Sciences (ÖKUS).
    2. Seckler, Matthias & Volkert, Jürgen, 2021. "The capability approach: A promising foundation for sustainable development?," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 183(C).

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    Keywords

    Political Participation; Inequality; Poverty; Unemployment; SOEP;
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    JEL classification:

    • D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
    • I32 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
    • J64 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search

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