Ethnic Concentration and Extreme Right-Wing Voting Behavior in West Germany

Verena Dill ()

No 2013-02, Research Papers in Economics from University of Trier, Department of Economics

Abstract: Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) and administrative data from 1996 to 2009, I investigate the question whether or not right-wing extremism of German residents is affected by the ethnic concentration of foreigners living in the same residential area. My results show a positive but insignificant relationship between ethnic concentration at county level and the probability of extreme right-wing voting behavior for West Germany. However, due to potential endogeneity issues, I additionally instrument the share of foreigners in a county with the share of foreigners in each federal state (following an approach of Dustmann/Preston 2001). I find evidence for the interethnic contact theory, predicting a negative relationship between foreigners’ share and right-wing voting. Moreover, I analyze the moderating role of education and the influence of cultural traits on this relationship.

Keywords: Ethnic concentration; extreme right-wing voting; group threat; interethnic contact (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D72 J15 R23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 49 pages
Date: 2013
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-cdm, nep-dem, nep-pol and nep-ure
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