Gedenkstättenbesuche im historisch-politischen Unterricht

Rathenow, Hanns-Fred; Weber, Norbert H.

doi:10.1007/978-3-322-93668-4_1

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“…Schools are more likely to organize a camp visit if there is a camp close by. Some states even subsidize camp visits if they happen within the same state (Rathenow and Weber 1995; see Fouka and Voth 2023 for similar evidence in Greece). Therefore, policies determined by today’s states are shaped by proximity to camps and affect the likelihood that students will visit a camp.…”

Section: Post-treatment Bias and How To Avoid Itmentioning

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Fixed Effects and Post-Treatment Bias in Legacy Studies

HOMOLA,

PEREIRA,

TAVITS

2024

Am Polit Sci Rev

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Pepinsky, Goodman, and Ziller (2024, American Political Science Review, PGZ) reassess a recent study on the long-term consequences of concentration camps in Germany. The authors conclude that accounting for contemporary (i.e., post-treatment) state heterogeneity in the models provides unbiased estimates of the effects of camps on current-day outgroup intolerance. In this note, we show that PGZ’s empirical strategy rests on (a) a mischaracterization of what regional fixed effects capture and (b) two unrealistic assumptions that can be avoided with pre-treatment state fixed effects. We further demonstrate that results from the original article remain substantively the same when we incorporate regional fixed effects correctly. Finally, simulations reveal that camp proximity consistently outperforms spatially correlated noise in this specific study. The note contributes to the growing literature on legacy studies by advancing the discussion about the correct modeling choices in this challenging field.

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Section: Post-treatment Bias and How To Avoid Itmentioning

confidence: 99%

Fixed Effects and Post-Treatment Bias in Legacy Studies

HOMOLA,

PEREIRA,

TAVITS

2024

Am Polit Sci Rev

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“…This variation, however, is likely post-treatment. Since camp visits are not mandatory, schools are more likely to organize a visit if there is a camp close by; some states even subsidize camp visits if they happen within the same state (Rathenow and Weber 1995). Therefore, policies determined by today's states affect the likelihood that students will visit a camp.…”

Section: Post-treatment Fe Lead To Post-treatment Biasmentioning

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Fixed Effects and Post-Treatment Bias in Legacy Studies

Homola¹,

Pereira²,

Tavits³

2020

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A growing literature examines how historical institutions influence contemporary political attitudes and behavior. Recent work has argued that these studies need to properly account for spatial heterogeneity by incorporating regional fixed effects. Here, we discuss the theoretical and empirical obstacles that have to be addressed to properly incorporate fixed effects in legacy studies. We illustrate our arguments using Pepinsky et al.'s (2020) reassessment of a recent study on the long-term effects of concentration camps in Germany (Homola et al. 2020). We show that Pepinsky et al. incorporate fixed effects incorrectly and, as a result, their analysis suffers from post-treatment bias. We further demonstrate that results from the original article remain substantively the same when we incorporate regional fixed effects correctly. Finally, simulations reveal that camp proximity consistently outperforms spatially correlated noise in this specific study.

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Historische (Lern-)Orte politisch verstehen

Moritz¹

2018

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Gedenkstättenbesuche im historisch-politischen Unterricht

Cited by 3 publications

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Fixed Effects and Post-Treatment Bias in Legacy Studies

Fixed Effects and Post-Treatment Bias in Legacy Studies

Fixed Effects and Post-Treatment Bias in Legacy Studies

Historische (Lern-)Orte politisch verstehen

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