@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp2411,
            	author={Siedler, Thomas},
            	title={Family and Politics: Does Parental Unemployment Cause Right-Wing Extremism?},
            	year={2006},
	month={Oct},
            	institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)},
            	address={Bonn},
            	type={IZA Discussion Paper},
            	number={2411},
            	url={https://www.iza.org/publications/dp2411},
	abstract={Recent years have witnessed a rise in right-wing extremism among German youth and young adults. This paper investigates the extent to which the experience of parental unemployment during childhood affects young people’s far right-wing attitudes and xenophobia. Estimates from three different German data sets show a positive relationship between growing up with unemployed parents and right-wing extremism, with xenophobia in particular. This paper uses differences in unemployment levels between East and West Germany, both before and after reunification, to investigate a causal relationship. Instrumental variables estimates suggest strong and significant effects of parental unemployment on right-wing extremism. This is consistent with classical theories of economic interest and voting behaviour which predict that persons who develop feelings of economic insecurity are more susceptible to right-wing extremism and anti-foreign sentiments.},
	keywords={intergenerational links;instrumental variable;unemployment;right-wing extremism;panel estimators;matching},
            }