caa a22 4500 445864028 CHVBK 20180317145452.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11150-009-9084-3 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11150-009-9084-3 Attitudes towards foreigners and Jews in Germany: identifying the determinants of xenophobia in a large opinion survey [Elektronische Daten] [Michael Fertig, Christoph Schmidt] The ultimate aim of opinion surveys is the provision of information on the distribution of preferences and perceptions at the individual level. Yet, eliciting this information from the data is typically difficult. This paper uses a structural model to explain the answers on a set of questions regarding the perception of foreigners and Jews by native Germans. In this model it is assumed that in addition to observable individual characteristics there exists an underlying unobserved attitude towards minorities which drives the distribution of answers by native respondents. This latent variable in turn is assumed to be influenced by a set of observable socio-economic characteristics of the individuals. In order to estimate this model it is necessary to impose strong identification restrictions. Estimation results show that education is the key correlate of the perception of foreigners and Jews in Germany. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2009 Attitudes nationallicence Minorities nationallicence Identification nationallicence Fertig Michael ISG, Barbarossaplatz 2, 50674, Kōln, Germany aut Schmidt Christoph Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (RWI), Hohenzollernstr. 1-3, 45128, Essen, Germany aut Review of Economics of the Household Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 9/1(2011-03-01), 99-128 1569-5239 9:1<99 2011 9 11150 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11150-009-9084-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11150-009-9084-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Fertig Michael ISG, Barbarossaplatz 2, 50674, Kōln, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Schmidt Christoph Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (RWI), Hohenzollernstr. 1-3, 45128, Essen, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Review of Economics of the Household Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 9/1(2011-03-01), 99-128 1569-5239 9:1<99 2011 9 11150 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer