Germany 2017 (Deutschland 2017)
Project period: March 2016 - June 2018
Research Areas:
Tasks
The main question raised by this study is whether, (ultimately) “That which belongs together, grows together.“ In view of the fact that Germany was divided for almost 40 years and that its citizens lived in different political and economic systems, the central aim of this study is to paint an up-to-date picture of the attitudes and behaviour patterns of citizens across a reunified Germany. In addition to a purely descriptive representation of attitudes to politics (political sphere), the economy (economic sphere), current social challenges, social values and norms as well as identities (social and family sphere), the project will also examine other determinants.
Methods
There are three steps in the analysis for all four spheres: literature overview, descriptive analysis and regression analysis-supported causal analysis.
Data and other Sources
German General Social Survey (ALLBUS), Microcensus, Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), Politbarometer, European Value Survey, European Social Survey and Eurobarometer.
Publications (in German)
Rainer, Helmut, Clara Albrecht, Stefan Bauernschuster, Victoria Endl-Geyer, Anita Fichtl, Timo Hener and Joachim Ragnitz, Kurzzusammenfassung: Deutschland 2017 - Studie zu den Einstellungen und Verhaltensweisen der Bürgerinnen und Bürger im vereinigten Deutschland, Studie im Auftrag des Bundesministeriums für Wirtschaft und Energie, ifo Institut, München, 2018, 01–17 | PDF Download
Rainer, Helmut, Clara Albrecht, Stefan Bauernschuster, Anita Fichtl, Timo Hener and Joachim Ragnitz, Deutschland 2017 - Studie zu den Einstellungen und Verhaltensweisen der Bürgerinnen und Bürger im vereinigten Deutschland, ifo Forschungsberichte 96, ifo Institut, 2018, Studie im Auftrag des Bundesministeriums für Wirtschaft und Energie | PDF Download
Rainer, Helmut, Clara Albrecht, Stefan Bauernschuster, Victoria Endl-Geyer, Anita Fichtl, Timo Hener and Joachim Ragnitz, "Mauer in den Köpfen? Die Einstellungen und Verhaltensweisen Ost- und Westdeutscher 28 Jahre nach der Wende", ifo Schnelldienst 71 (21), 2018, 56–61 | PDF Download
