American Economic Review
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Married to Intolerance: Attitudes toward Intermarriage in Germany, 1900-2006
American Economic Review
vol. 103,
no. 3, May 2013
(pp. 79–85)
Abstract
We analyze under what conditions intermarriage can be used as an indicator of tolerance, and whether such tolerant attitudes persisted in Germany during the twentieth century. We find strong evidence for the persistence of tolerant attitudes towards intermarriage with Jews. At the same time, our empirical analysis also cautions against using intermarriage as a simple proxy for tolerance: The size of Jewish communities in the early twentieth century is an important confounding factor.Citation
Voigtländer, Nico, and Hans-Joachim Voth. 2013. "Married to Intolerance: Attitudes toward Intermarriage in Germany, 1900-2006." American Economic Review, 103 (3): 79–85. DOI: 10.1257/aer.103.3.79Additional Materials
JEL Classification
- J12 Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure; Domestic Abuse
- J15 Economics of Minorities, Races, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
- N33 Economic History: Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy: Europe: Pre-1913
- N34 Economic History: Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy: Europe: 1913-
- N43 Economic History: Government, War, Law, International Relations, and Regulation: Europe: Pre-1913
- N44 Economic History: Government, War, Law, International Relations, and Regulation: Europe: 1913-
- Z12 Cultural Economics: Religion