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Social distress and economic integration / Walter Hyll, Lutz Schneider
VerfasserHyll, Walter ; Schneider, Lutz
ErschienenHalle (Saale), Germany : Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH), June 2016
Umfang1 Online-Ressource (10 Seiten, 0,78 MB)
SpracheEnglisch
SerieIWH-Diskussionspapiere ; no. 21/2016
URNurn:nbn:de:gbv:3:2-57823 
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We analyze whether social distress from income comparisons affects attitudes towards the integration of economies. Using Germany’s division as natural experiment we find that East Germans’ feelings of relative deprivation with respect to better-off West Germans led to significantly more support for the upcoming German re-unification.