Married to Intolerance: Attitudes toward Intermarriage in Germany, 1900-2006
Nico Voigtländer, Hans-Joachim Voth
American Economic Review · 2013 · Volume 103 · Issue 3
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.
Keywords
Marriage, Marital Dissolution, Family Structure, Domestic Abuse, Economics of Minorities, Races, and Immigrants, Non-labor Discrimination, Economic History: Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy: Europe: Pre-1913, and Philanthropy: Europe: 1913-, Economic History: Government, War, Law, International Relations, and Regulation: Europe: Pre-1913, and Regulation: Europe: 1913-, Cultural Economics: Religion
Enable JavaScript for citation tools and additional paper interactions.