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The Decline of Manufacturing Employment and the Rise of the Far-Right in Austria

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  • Bekhtiar, Karim

    (Institute for Advanced Studies Vienna, Austria)

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In recent decades right-wing populist parties have experienced increased electoral success in many western democracies. This rise of the far-right, which is strongly built on the support of the working class, coincides with a sharp decline of the manufacturing sector. This paper analyzes the contribution of this manufacturing decline to the rise of the Austrian far-right. Overall the decline in manufacturing employment has strongly contributed to this rightward shift in the political landscape, with the manufacturing decline explaining roughly 43% of the observed increase in far-right vote-shares between 1995 and 2017. This effect is entirely driven by increases in natives unemployment rates, which increased considerably due to the manufacturing decline. Regarding the influences of the forces underlying the manufacturing decline, namely international trade and automation technologies, suggests that both forces contributed in roughly equal parts to this development.

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  • Bekhtiar, Karim, 2023. "The Decline of Manufacturing Employment and the Rise of the Far-Right in Austria," IHS Working Paper Series 50, Institute for Advanced Studies.
    • Handle: RePEc:ihs:ihswps:50
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    1. Michael Peneder & Benjamin Bittschi & Anna Burton & Angela Köppl & Thomas Url, 2023. "Das WIFO-Radar der Wettbewerbsfähigkeit der österreichischen Wirtschaft 2023," WIFO Monatsberichte (monthly reports), WIFO, vol. 96(12), pages 845-856, December.

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    Keywords

    Manufacturing; Trade; Robots; Voting; Populism;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
    • F14 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Empirical Studies of Trade
    • J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
    • J23 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Demand
    • O14 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Industrialization; Manufacturing and Service Industries; Choice of Technology
    • R23 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Household Analysis - - - Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population

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