@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp9356, author={Avdeenko, Alexandra and Siedler, Thomas}, title={Intergenerational Correlations of Extreme Right-Wing Party Preferences and Attitudes toward Immigration}, year={2015}, month={Sep}, institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)}, address={Bonn}, type={IZA Discussion Paper}, number={9356}, url={https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp9356}, abstract={This study analyzes the importance of parental socialization on the development of children's far right-wing preferences and attitudes towards immigration. Using longitudinal data from Germany, our intergenerational estimates suggest that the strongest and most important predictor for young people's right-wing extremism are parents' right-wing extremist attitudes. While intergenerational associations in attitudes towards immigration are equally high for sons and daughters, we find a positive intergenerational transmission of right-wing extremist party affinity for sons, but not for daughters. Compared to the intergenerational correlation of other party affinities, the high association between fathers' and sons' right-wing extremist attitudes is particularly striking.}, keywords={political preferences;extremism;gender differences;longitudinal data;intergenerational links}, }