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527 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15298
Terrorism, Media Coverage and Education: Evidence from Al-Shabaab Attacks in Kenya
Marco Alfano, Joseph-Simon Goerlach
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15278
Do Educated Leaders Affect Economic Development? Evidence from India
Chandan Jain, Shagun Kashyap, Rahul Lahoti, Soham Sahoo
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15277
Television Market Size and Political Accountability in the US House of Representatives
Patrick Balles, Ulrich Matter, Alois Stutzer
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15259
When Criminality Begets Crime: The Role of Elected Politicians in India
Nishith Prakash, Soham Sahoo, Deepak Saraswat, Reetika Sindhi
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15119
Forced Displacement in History: Some Recent Research
Sascha O. Becker
forthcoming in: Australian Economic History Review
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15100
Progressing Towards Efficiency: The Role for Labor Tax Progression in Reforming Social Security
Krzysztof Makarski, Joanna Tyrowicz, Oliwia Komada
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15095
Reducing Racial Inequality in Access to the Ballot Reduces Racial Inequality in Children's Later-Life Outcomes
Daniel Jones, Ying Shi
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15088
Other-Regarding Preferences and Redistributive Politics
Ernst Fehr, Thomas Epper, Julien Senn
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15078
The Political Economy of Propaganda: Evidence from US Newspapers
Sebastian Ottinger, Max Winkler
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15032
The Politicized Pandemic: Ideological Polarization and the Behavioral Response to COVID-19
Gianluca Grimalda, Fabrice Murtin, David Pipke, Louis Putterman, Matthias Sutter
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14991
Income Contingency and the Electorate's Support for Tuition
Philipp Lergetporer, Ludger Woessmann
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14981
The Gender Recontest Gap in Elections
Thushyanthan Baskaran, Zohal Hessami
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14970
Income and Terrorism: Insights from Subnational Data
Michael Jetter, Rafat Mahmood, David Stadelmann
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14969
Collective Negative Shocks and Preferences for Redistribution: Evidence from the COVID-19 Crisis in Germany
Luna Bellani, Andrea Fazio, Francesco Scervini
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14954
Unbundling the Relationship between Economic Shocks and Crime
Eduardo Ferraz, Rodrigo R. Soares, Juan Vargas
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14948
Partisan Fertility and Presidential Elections
Gordon B. Dahl, Runjing Lu, William Mullins
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14929
COVID-19 Government Responses to Labour Market Disruptions and Economic Impacts: The New Zealand Model
Sholeh A. Maani
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14871
Internal versus External Rent-Seeking with In-Group Inequality and Public Good Provision
Dripto Bakshi, Indraneel Dasgupta
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14856
Careful What You Say: The Effect of Manipulative Information on the 2013 Czech Presidential Run-off Election
Martin Guzi, Stepan Mikula
published in: Economic Letters, 2021, 209, 110152 [Online]
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14849
Labor Unions and the Electoral Consequences of Trade Liberalization
Pedro Molina Ogeda, Emanuel Ornelas, Rodrigo R. Soares
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14821
Managing Refugee Protection Crises: Policy Lessons from Economics and Political Science
Dominik Hangartner, Matti Sarvimäki, Judith Spirig
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14805
Efficiency versus Insurance: Capital Income Taxation and Privatizing Social Security
Krzysztof Makarski, Joanna Tyrowicz, Oliwia Komada
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14776
How Civilian Attitudes Respond to the State's Violence: Lessons from the Israel- Gaza Conflict
Amit Loewenthal, Sami H. Miaari, Alexei Abrahams
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14765
The Political (In)Stability of Funded Social Security
Roel M. W. J. Beetsma, Oliwia Komada, Krzysztof Makarski, Joanna Tyrowicz
forthcoming in: Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, DOI: 10.1016/j.jedc.2021.104237
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14718
Air Pollution Affects Decision-Making: Evidence from the Ballot Box
Luna Bellani, Stefano Ceolotto, Benjamin Elsner, Nico Pestel
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14707
Water Scarcity and Social Conflict
Kerstin Unfried, Krisztina Kis-Katos, Tilman Poser
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14658
Voting, Contagion and the Trade-Off between Public Health and Political Rights: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from the Italian 2020 Polls
Marco Mello, Giuseppe Moscelli
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14647
The Effect of 3.6 Million Refugees on Crime
Murat G. Kirdar, Ivan Lopez Cruz, Betül Türküm
published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2022, 194, 568–582
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14608
Shifting Punishment on Minorities: Experimental Evidence of Scapegoating
Michal Bauer, Jana Cahlíková, Julie Chytilová, Gerald Roland
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14589
The Brexit Referendum and Three Types of Regret
Stephen Drinkwater, Colin Jennings
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14579
Does Violent Conflict Affect Labor Supply of Farm Households? The Nigerian Experience
John Chiwuzulum Odozi, Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere
forthcoming in: Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, 2021
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14554
The Political Economy of Kazakhstan: A Case of Good Economics, Bad Politics?
Simon Commander, Ruta Prieskienyte
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14536
The Impact of Sleep Restriction on Interpersonal Conflict Resolution and the Narcotic Effect
David L. Dickinson, David M. McEvoy, David Bruner
revised version published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2022, 194, 71-90.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14488
Racial Diversity and Racial Policy Preferences: The Great Migration and Civil Rights
Alvaro Calderon, Vasiliki Fouka, Marco Tabellini
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14426
Delegation to a Group
Sebastian Fehrler, Moritz Janas
published in: Management Science, 2021, 67, 3714-3743, open access
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14411
Calamities, Common Interests, Shared Identity: What Shapes Altruism and Reciprocity?
Cevat Giray Aksoy, Antonio Cabrales, Mathias Dolls, Ruben Durante, Lisa Windsteiger
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14386
Earnings Information and Public Preferences for University Tuition: Evidence from Representative Experiments
Philipp Lergetporer, Ludger Woessmann
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14358
Literacy and Information
Achmad Tohari, Christopher Parsons, Anu Rammohan
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14354
The Political Effects of Immigration: Culture or Economics?
Alberto Alesina, Marco Tabellini
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14351
Formation of College Plans: Expected Returns, Preferences and Adjustment Process
Ghazala Azmat, Katja Maria Kaufmann
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14322
"Fear Is the Path to the Dark Side". Electoral Results and the Workplace Safety of Immigrants
Anna D’Ambrosio, Roberto Leombruni, Tiziano Razzolini
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14319
Attitudes Towards Migrants during Crisis Times
Marisol Rodríguez Chatruc, Sandra V. Rozo
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14314
Understanding the Origins of Populist Political Parties and the Role of External Shocks
Eugenio Levi, Isabelle Sin, Steven Stillman
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14312
Racial Diversity, Electoral Preferences, and the Supply of Policy: The Great Migration and Civil Rights
Alvaro Calderon, Vasiliki Fouka, Marco Tabellini
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14308
Freedom of Speech, Deterrence, and Compellence in the Parliament
Duha T. Altindag, Naci Mocan, Jie Zhang
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14303
How Does It Feel to Be Part of the Minority? Impacts of Perspective-Taking on Prosocial Behaviors
Marisol Rodríguez Chatruc, Sandra V. Rozo
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14296
Downstream Effects of Voting on Turnout and Political Preferences: Long-Run Evidence from the UK
Jonas Jessen, Daniel Kühnle, Markus Wagner
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14265
Aid and Radicalization: The Case of Hamas in the West Bank and Gaza
Amit Loewenthal, Sami H. Miaari, Anke Hoeffler
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14263
Out of Communal Land: Clientelism through Delegation of Agricultural Tenancy Contracts
Takashi Kurosaki, Saumik Paul, Firman Witoelar
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14242
Incentives for Cooperation in Teams: Sociality Meets Decision Rights
Britta Butz, Pablo Guillen Alvarez, Christine Harbring
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14241
The COVID-19 Pandemic's Effects on Voter Turnout
Matteo Picchio, Raffaella Santolini
forthcoming in: European Journal of Political Economy
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14229
More than Words: Leaders' Speech and Risky Behavior During a Pandemic
Nicolas Ajzenman, Tiago Cavalcanti, Daniel Da Mata
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14198
Income Changes Do Not Influence Political Participation: Evidence from Comparative Panel Data
Sebastian Jungkunz, Paul Marx
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14191
Forced Migration, Staying Minorities, and New Societies: Evidence from Post-War Czechoslovakia
Jakub Grossmann, Štepán Jurajda, Felix Roesel
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14140
Peers' Race in Adolescence and Voting Behavior
Maria Polipciuc, Frank Cörvers, Raymond Montizaan
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14121
Political Economy of Labour Market Institutions in a Globalised Era
Sumon K. Bhaumik, Richard Frensch, Stephan Huber
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14084
The Refugee Crisis and Right-Wing Populism: Evidence from the Italian Dispersal Policy
Francesco Campo, Sara Giunti, Mariapia Mendola
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14073
Democratisation under Diversity: Theory and Evidence from Indonesian Communities
Anirban Mitra, Sarmistha Pal
forthcoming as 'Ethnic Diversity, Social Norms and Elite Capture: Theory and Evidence from Indonesia' in: Economica, 2022
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14042
Technological Advance, Social Fragmentation and Welfare
Steven J. Bosworth, Dennis J. Snower
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14034
Terrorism and Voting Behavior: Evidence from the United States
Leonardo Baccini, Abel Brodeur, Sean Nossek, Eran Shor
published in: Research and Politics, 2021, 8 (1)
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14023
Ethnic Divisions and the Onset of Civil Wars in Syria
Salah Abosedra, Ali Fakih, Nathir Haimoun
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14005
Friendship Networks and Political Opinions: A Natural Experiment among Future French Politicians
Yann Algan, Nicolò Dalvit, Quoc-Anh Do, Alexis Le Chapelain, Yves Zenou
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13961
Appointed or Elected? How Mayoral Accountability Impacts the Provision of Policing
Andrea Colombo, Ilan Tojerow
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13936
Corruption and Mental Health: Evidence from Vietnam
Smriti Sharma, Saurabh Singhal, Finn Tarp
published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2021, 185, 125-137
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13924
Strategic Compromise, Policy Bundling and Interest Group Power
Luna Bellani, Vigile Marie Fabella, Francesco Scervini
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13902
Love Thy Neighbour? Brexit and Hate Crime
Joel Carr, Joanna Clifton-Sprigg, Jonathan James, Suncica Vujic
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13889
Empowering Migrants: Impacts of a Migrant's Amnesty on Crime Reports
Ana Maria Ibanez, Sandra V. Rozo, Dany Bahar
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13862
The COVID-19 Pandemic and the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election
Leonardo Baccini, Abel Brodeur, Stephen Weymouth
published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2021, 34 (2), 739-767
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13861
Importing Political Polarization? The Electoral Consequences of Rising Trade Exposure
David Autor, David Dorn, Gordon H. Hanson, Kaveh Majlesi
published in: American Economic Review, 2020, 110(10), 3139-3189
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13842
Who Does Not like Migrants? Individual Demographics and Attitudes Towards Migration
Sandra V. Rozo, Maria José Urbina
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13834
Captivating News in Colombia
Juan P. Aparicio, Michael Jetter
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13812
Inequality, Institutions and Cooperation
Thomas Markussen, Smriti Sharma, Saurabh Singhal, Finn Tarp
published in: European Economic Review, 2021, 138, 103842, p.13
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13778
Determinants of the Community Mobility during the COVID-19 Epidemic: The Role of Government Regulations and Information
Silvia Mendolia, Olena Stavrunova, Oleg Yerokhin
published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2021, 184, 199-231 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2021.01.023)
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13775
Dancing with the Populist: New Parties, Electoral Rules and Italian Municipal Elections
Massimo Bordignon, Tommaso Colussi
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13763
A Subscription vs. Appropriation Framework for Natural Resource Conflicts
Dripto Bakshi, Indraneel Dasgupta
published in: A. Markandya and D. Rübbelke (eds.), Climate and Development; World Scientific, 2021
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13746
Committee Decision-Making under the Threat of Leaks
Sebastian Fehrler, Volker Hahn
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13736
Borderline Disorder: (De Facto) Historical Ethnic Borders and Contemporary Conflict in Africa
Emilio Depetris-Chauvin, Ömer Özak
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13724
The Effect of Community Size on Electoral Preferences: Evidence From Post-WWII Southern Germany
Luciana C. Fiorini, Michael Jetter, Christopher F. Parmeter, Christopher Parsons
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13703
Strengthening Producer Organizations to Increase Market Access of Smallholder Farmers in Uganda
Ruth Vargas Hill, Eduardo Maruyama, Markus Olapade, Markus Frölich
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13698
Immigration Policy and Hispanics' Willingness to Run for Office
Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, Jose R. Bucheli
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13611
The Long Shadow of Slavery: The Persistence of Slave Owners in Southern Law-Making
Luna Bellani, Anselm Hager, Stephan Maurer
revised version forthcoming in: Journal of Economic History
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13579
Regional Variations in the Brexit Vote: Causes and Potential Consequences
David H. Blackaby, Stephen Drinkwater, Catherine Robinson
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13571
Who Voted for Trump? Populism and Social Capital
Paola Giuliano, Romain Wacziarg
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13563
Obstacles on the Road to School: The Impacts of Mobility Restrictions on Educational Performance
Sami H. Miaari, Ines Lee
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13547
Against All Odds: Tentative Steps Toward Efficient Information Sharing in Groups
Darius Schlangenotto, Wendelin Schnedler, Radovan Vadovic
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13511
Explaining Post-Cold-War Civil Conflict among 17 Billion Models: The Importance of History and Religion
Michael Jetter, Rafat Mahmood, Christopher F. Parmeter, Andres Ramirez Hassan
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13476
Enfranchisement, Political Participation and Political Competition: Evidence from Colonial India
Guilhem Cassan, Lakshmi Iyer, Rinchan Ali Mirza
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13464
School Choice Design, Risk Aversion, and Cardinal Segregation
Caterina Calsamiglia, Francisco Martínez-Mora, Antonio Miralles
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13449
The Spillover of Anti-Immigration Politics to the Schoolyard
Emanuele Bracco, Maria De Paola, Colin P. Green, Vincenzo Scoppa
published in: Labour Economics, 2022, 75, 102141.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13448
Peer Effects and Fertility Preferences in China: Evidence from the China Labor-Force Dynamics Survey
Peng Nie, Lu Wang, Alfonso Sousa-Poza
forthcoming in: The Singapore Economic Review, 2021
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13442
Voting and Political Participation in the Aftermath of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic
Hani Mansour, Daniel I. Rees, James Reeves
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13427
Public Attention and Policy Responses to COVID-19 Pandemic
Cevat Giray Aksoy, Michael Ganslmeier, Panu Poutvaara
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13392
Bringing Connections Onboard: The Value of Political Influence
Colin P. Green, Swarnodeep HomRoy
forthcoming as 'Incorporated in Westminster: Channels and Returns to Political Connection in the United Kingdom' in: Economica
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13383
Moral Transgressions by Groups: What Drives Individual Voting Behavior?
Eberhard Feess, Florian Kerzenmacher, Gerd Muehlheusser
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13351
The Political Scar of Epidemics
Cevat Giray Aksoy, Barry Eichengreen, Orkun Saka
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13335
Turnout in the Municipal Elections of March 2020 and Excess Mortality during the COVID-19 Epidemic in France
Simone Bertoli, Lucas Guichard, Francesca Marchetta
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13268
The Seeds of Ideology: Historical Immigration and Political Preferences in the United States
Paola Giuliano, Marco Tabellini
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13125
Female Political Representation and Substantive Effects on Policies: A Literature Review
Zohal Hessami, Mariana Lopes da Fonseca
published in: European Journal of Political Economy, 2020, 63, 101896
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13104
Confidence in Public Institutions and the Run up to the October 2019 Uprising in Lebanon
Ali Fakih, Paul Makdissi, Walid Marrouch, Rami V. Tabri, Myra Yazbeck
published in: Journal of Econometrics, 2022, 228(1), 205-227
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13103
Political Networks across the Globe
Simon Commander, Stavros Poupakis
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