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Right‐Wing Extremism and the Well‐Being of Immigrants
Author(s) -
Knabe Andreas,
Rätzel Steffen,
Thomsen Stephan L.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
kyklos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.766
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1467-6435
pISSN - 0023-5962
DOI - 10.1111/kykl.12037
Subject(s) - immigration , german , demographic economics , life satisfaction , population , state (computer science) , political science , economics , sociology , psychology , geography , demography , social psychology , law , archaeology , algorithm , computer science
Summary This study analyzes the effects of right‐wing extremism on the well‐being of immigrants based on data from the German Socio‐Economic Panel ( SOEP ) for the years 1984 to 2006 merged with state‐level information on election outcomes. The results show that the life satisfaction of immigrants is significantly reduced if right‐wing extremism in the native‐born population increases. Moreover, the life satisfaction of highly educated immigrants is affected more strongly than that of low‐skilled immigrants. This supports the view that policies aimed at making immigration more attractive to the high‐skilled have to include measures that reduce xenophobic attitudes in the native‐born population.