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Wall in your head? – Attitudes and Behaviour of East and West Germans 28 years after the Fall of the Wall

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  • Helmut Rainer
  • Clara Albrecht
  • Stefan Bauernschuster
  • Victoria Endl-Geyer
  • Anita Fichtl
  • Timo Hener
  • Joachim Ragnitz
  • Victoria Kaiser
  • Anita Dietrich

Abstract

Do system differences that existed for over 40 years continue to have an effect 28 years after the reunification of Germany? The results of a new ifo study show that a constant process of rapprochement is underway in many areas of society, and that views in the two parts of the country rarely diverge. The attitudes of East Germans often converge with those of West Germans. In some cases, such as with regard to prevailing perceptions of gender roles, West Germans are orienting themselves towards the attitudes of East Germans.

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  • Helmut Rainer & Clara Albrecht & Stefan Bauernschuster & Victoria Endl-Geyer & Anita Fichtl & Timo Hener & Joachim Ragnitz & Victoria Kaiser & Anita Dietrich, 2018. "Wall in your head? – Attitudes and Behaviour of East and West Germans 28 years after the Fall of the Wall," ifo Schnelldienst, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, vol. 71(21), pages 56-61, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:ces:ifosdt:v:71:y:2018:i:21:p:56-61
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    • O00 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - General - - - General
    • P00 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - General - - - General
    • O10 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - General
    • Z13 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification
    • N90 - Economic History - - Regional and Urban History - - - General, International, or Comparative

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