2019
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2019.103312
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Rise and fall in the Third Reich: Social advancement and Nazi membership

Abstract: We explore the relationship between Nazi membership and social advancement using a unique and highly detailed dataset of the German military during the Third Reich. We find that membership of a Nazi organisation is positively related to social advancement when measured by the difference between fathers' and sons' occupations. However, we find that this observed difference is mainly driven by individuals with different characteristics self-selecting into these organisations, rather than from a direct reward to … Show more

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“…Rather, it was what King et al (2008) term the "working poor" -self-employed shopkeepers, artisans, professionals, small farmers, and so on --who were the mainspring of Nazi electoral support. When the focus is on people who went one step further and actually joined the party, on average it was those who were better educated and enjoyed a higher occupational status who seem to have made that decision (Blum and de Bromhead, 2019). If the Nazis are regarded as populist, then arguments linking populism with poor education and low occupational status do not fare particularly well in interwar Germany.…”
Section: Populism In the 1930smentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Rather, it was what King et al (2008) term the "working poor" -self-employed shopkeepers, artisans, professionals, small farmers, and so on --who were the mainspring of Nazi electoral support. When the focus is on people who went one step further and actually joined the party, on average it was those who were better educated and enjoyed a higher occupational status who seem to have made that decision (Blum and de Bromhead, 2019). If the Nazis are regarded as populist, then arguments linking populism with poor education and low occupational status do not fare particularly well in interwar Germany.…”
Section: Populism In the 1930smentioning
confidence: 99%