Felix Jäger

Working papers

Who is more committed? Civic engagement and policy prioritization among immigration supporters and opponents (with Marc Helbling, and Rahsaan Maxwell; under review)

Can emotions explain how threat rhetoric shapes preferences for freedom versus security? (with Sandra Morgenstern; under review)

Support for the welfare state: trade-offs between social citizenship and political rights (with Marius Busemeyer, and Philip Rathgeb; under review)

Unveiling Inequality: An Open-ended Survey Approach (with Franco Bastias, Nanna Lauritz Schönhage, and Sergio E. Zanotto; under review)

Support for Civil Liberties under Affective Polarization

Wealth inequality and the extremely rich in the public mind (with Kris-Stella Trump)

Party Policy Ambiguity and its Consequences for Political Representation and Satisfaction with Democracy (with Roni Lehrer)

Publications

Valentin Berger, and Felix Jäger (2024). Do electoral candidates reflect or select campaign issues? The Influence of Electoral Manifestos on Online Communication. Party Politics, 30(6): 1088-1099.
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Marc Helbling, Felix Jäger, Rahsaan Maxwell, and Richard Traunmüller (2023). Broad and Detailed Agreement: Public Preferences for German Immigration Policy. International Migration Review, 59(3): 1219-1232.
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Felix Jäger (2023). Security vs. civil liberties: How citizens cope with threat, restriction, and ideology. Frontiers in Political Science 4:1006711.
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Johanna Gereke, Joshua Hellyer, Jan Behnert, Saskia Exner, Alexander Herbel, Felix Jäger, Dean Lajic, Štěpán Mezenský, Vu Ngoc Anh, Tymoteusz Ogłaza, Jule Schabinger, Anna Sokolova, Daria Szafran, Noah Tirolf, Susanne Veit, and Nan Zhang (2022). Demographic change and group boundaries in Germany: The effect of projected demographic decline on perceptions of who has a migration background. Sociological Science, 9(9): 206-220.
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Marc Helbling, Felix Jäger, and Richard Traunmüller (2022). Muslim bias or fear of fundamentalism? A survey experiment in five Western European democracies. Research & Politics, 9(1).
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Outreach/Policy papers/Reports

Holger Lengfeld, Jörg Hartmann, Felix Bitterer, Irini Block, Kristofer Jachnow, Felix Jäger, Martin Kroh, Niklas Krumbein, Simon Kühne, Olga Moths, Deike Ohse, Jost Reinecke, Stephan Skolarski, Richard Traunmüller, and Michael Windzio (2026). Ethnic discriminatory attitudes in federal agencies: The InRa employee survey 2023, Leipzig: Forschungsinstitut Gesellschaftlicher Zusammenhalt.
Link Appendix Short summary Final report of the whole study "Institutions & Racism" Notification by the German Federal Ministry of the Interior Reply to Ministry of the Interior Media Mention 1 Media Mention 2 Media Mention 3

Marius R. Busemeyer, and Felix Jäger (2025). Declining Trust, Rising Inequality? The Performance of the German Welfare State as Reflected in Public Opinion. Policy Paper, No. 20, Cluster of Excellence 'The Politics of Inequality'.
Link Link German Published in SRa 2025 Sonderheft 1

Marius R. Busemeyer, Felix Jäger, and Sharon Baute (2025). On the Sidelines? The Relationship Between Perceptions of Inequality and Political Participation. Policy Paper, No. 19, Cluster of Excellence 'The Politics of Inequality'.
Link Link German Published in edited volume "Freiheit. Gleichheit. Vertrauen." Media Mention Shared by NGO