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The Perception of Foreigners and Jews in Germany - A Structural Analysis of a Large Opinion Survey

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  • Fertig, Michael

    () (ISG, Cologne)

  • Schmidt, Christoph M.

    () (RWI)

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The ultimate aim of opinion surveys is the provision of information on the distribution of preferences and perceptions at the individual level. Yet, eliciting this information from the data is typically difficult. This paper uses a structural model to explain the answers on a set of questions regarding the perception of foreigners and Jews by native Germans. In this model it is assumed that in addition to observable individual characteristics there exists an underlying unobserved attitude towards minorities which drives the distribution of answers by native respondents. This latent variable in turn is assumed to be influenced by a set of observable socio-economic characteristics of the individuals. In order to estimate this model it is necessary to impose strong identification restrictions. Estimation results show that education is the key correlate of the perception of foreigners and Jews in Germany.

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Paper provided by Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) in its series IZA Discussion Papers with number 431.

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Length: 35 pages
Date of creation: Feb 2002
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Publication status: published as 'Attitudes towards foreigners and Jews in Germany: identifying the determinants of xenophobia in a large opinion survey ' in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2011, 9 (1), 99-128
Handle: RePEc:iza:izadps:dp431

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  2. Epstein, Gil S., 2002. "Informational Cascades and Decision to Migrate," IZA Discussion Papers 445, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA).
  3. Cornelissen, Thomas & Jirjahn, Uwe, 2012. "September 11th and the earnings of Muslims in Germany—The moderating role of education and firm size," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 81(2), pages 490-504.
  4. Aleksynska, Mariya, 2011. "Relative deprivation, relative satisfaction, and attitudes towards immigrants: Evidence from Ukraine," Economic Systems, Elsevier, vol. 35(2), pages 189-207, June.
  5. Falk, Armin & Kuhn, Andreas & Zweimüller, Josef, 2009. "Unemployment and Right-wing Extremist Crime," CEPR Discussion Papers 7467, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  6. Michael Fertig & Jan Brenner, 2006. "Identifying the Determinants of Attitudes towards Immigrants - A Structural Cross-Country Analysis," RWI Discussion Papers 0047, Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung.
  7. Knabe, Andreas & Rätzel, Steffen & Thomsen, Stephan L., 2009. "Right-wing extremism and the well-being of immigrants," Discussion Papers 2009/16, Free University Berlin, School of Business & Economics.
  8. Harald Tauchmann & Hartmut Clausen, 2004. "Do Organizational Forms matter? – An Econometric Analysis of Innovativeness in the German Wastewater Sector," RWI Discussion Papers 0022, Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung.

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