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368 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 18346
The Politics of Public Service Reform
Wayne Aaron Sandholtz
IZA Discussion Paper No. 18311
The Impact of the Far Right on Mainstream Politics: Evidence from the Front National
Anthony Edo, Thomas Renault, Jérôme Valette
IZA Discussion Paper No. 18297
A More Conservative Country? Asylum Seekers and Voting in the UK
Francesco Fasani, Simone Ferro, Alessio Romarri, Elisabetta Pasini
IZA Discussion Paper No. 18266
Direct Democracy and Political Extremism
Nicolas Schreiner, Alois Stutzer
IZA Discussion Paper No. 18261
Immigration, Identity Choices, and Cultural Diversity
Yasmine Elkhateeb, Riccardo Turati, Jérôme Valette
IZA Discussion Paper No. 18221
Promoting Women’s Leadership: What Works, What Doesn’t, and What’s Missing
Francesca Bramucci, Ana Maria Munoz Boudet, Mariana Viollaz
IZA Discussion Paper No. 18157
Refugee Exposure and Political Backlash: Poland during the Russia-Ukraine War
Joanna Clifton-Sprigg, Ines Homburg, Suncica Vujic
IZA Discussion Paper No. 18041
Populism and the Skill-Content of Globalization
Frédéric Docquier, Stefano Iandolo, Hillel Rapoport, Riccardo Turati, Gonzague Vannoorenberghe
Forthcoming at: The Economic Journal
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17992
The Demographic Impact of Leadership: Mayoral Education and COVID-19 Excess Mortality in Italy
Francesco Mattioli, Alessandra Minello, Tommaso Nannicini
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17962
Voting Among Siblings
Michael D. Bloem, John B. Holbein, Samuel J. Imlay, Jonathan Smith
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17920
Women Political Leaders as Agents of Environmental Change
Inés Berniell, Mariana Marchionni, Julián Pedrazzi, Mariana Viollaz
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17888
Identity Under Scrutiny: Media Attention and Rule Compliance
Sulin Sardoschau, Giorgio Gulino, Federico Masera
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17857
Protection for Whom? The Political Economy of Protective Labor Laws for Women
Matthias Doepke, Hanno Foerster, Anne Hannusch, Michèle Tertilt
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17787
Political Polarization and US-Mexico Migration
Maria Esther Caballero, Giuseppe Ippedico, Giovanni Peri
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17776
Interethnic Proximity and Political Development
Chun Chee Kok, Gedeon Lim, Danial Shariat, Abu Siddique, Shunsuke Tsuda
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17763
The Cost of Tolerating Intolerance: Right-Wing Protest and Hate Crimes
Sulin Sardoschau, Annalí Casanueva-Artís
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17758
Shaken Politics: The Electoral Outcomes of Disasters and Social Capital
Giovanni Gualtieri, Marcella Nicolini, Fabio Sabatini, Marco Ventura
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17754
The Vicious Circle of Xenophobia: Immigration and Right-Wing Populism
Frédéric Docquier, Hillel Rapoport
published in: Economic Policy, 2025, 40 (122), 551–573.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17749
Narratives of Migration and Political Polarization: Private Preferences, Public Preferences and Social Media
Eugenio Levi, Michael Bayerlein, Gianluca Grimalda, Tommaso G. Reggiani
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17682
Artificial Intelligence, the Collapse of Consumer Society, and Oligarchy
Gilles Saint-Paul
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17648
Let's (Not) Escalate This! Leadership and Communication in a Group Contest
Florian Heine, Arno Riedl
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17596
Heated Debates on Heating: Investigating the Electoral Impact of Climate Policy
Dorothea Kistinger, Noah Kögel, Nicolas Koch, Matthias Kalkuhl
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17556
On the Relative Sequencing of Internal and External Rent-Seeking Contests
Indraneel Dasgupta, Dhritiman Gupta
forthcoming in: Public Choice, 2026
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17527
The Political Economy of Privatization of Education: Role of Local Politicians in India
Muneer Kalliyil, Soham Sahoo
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17524
What Contributes to an Attractive Local Political Office? Evidence from Municipal Council Elections in Switzerland
Tobias Schib, Alois Stutzer
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17475
Environment vs. Economic Growth: Do Environmental Preferences Translate Into Support for Green Parties?
Vladimir Otrachshenko, Olga Popova
published in: Ecological Economics, 2026, 239, 108779
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17457
How Has the War in Ukraine Affected Russian Sentiments?
Mikael Elinder, Oscar Erixson, Olle Hammar
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17452
Persuading Voters with Partisan TV News: A Natural Experiment Using Spatial Reception Data
Nicolas Herault, Trevor Kollmann, Russell Thomson
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17402
Migrants' Self-Selection and the Vicious Circle of Right-Wing Populism
Frédéric Docquier, Chrysovalantis Vasilakis
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17390
Are Vegetable Seed Oils Fueling the Obesity Epidemic?
Tyler Ransom
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17386
Under Pressure: Electoral Competition and Women's Representation
Pamela Campa, Perihan Saygin, Semih Tumen
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17383
Within-Group Inequality and Caste-Based Crimes in India
Kanishka Bhowmick, Indraneel Dasgupta, Sarmistha Pal
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17376
Do Americans Favor Female or Male Politicians? Evidence from Experimental Elections
Panu Poutvaara, Andreas Graefe
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17353
Does Trade Exposure Explain Anti-Globalization Votes?
Antoine Bouët, Anthony Edo, Charlotte Emlinger
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17343
Immigration Shocks and Shifting Social Group Boundaries
Zohal Hessami, Sebastian Schirner
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17342
Does a Lack of Trust Boost Populist Political Parties in Europe? Causal Evidence from Three Methodologies
Jessica Di Cocco, Eugenio Levi, Rama Dasi Mariani, Steven Stillman
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17312
A Rent-Seeking Perspective on Imperial Peace
Indraneel Dasgupta
forthcoming in: Oxford Economic Papers, 2026
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17227
Women's Suffrage and Men's Voting Patterns
Jeanne Lafortune, Francisco J. Pino
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17195
Ethnic Identity and Anti-immigrant Sentiment: Evidence from Proposition 187
Francisca M. Antman, Brian Duncan
forthcoming in: Randall Akee, Lawrence F. Katz, and Mark Loewenstein (eds.), Race, Ethnicity, and Economic Statistics for the 21st Century, University of Chicago Press, 2026
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17175
Can Term Limits Accelerate Women's Access to Top Political Positions? Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Italy
Carolina Kansikas, Manuel Bagues
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17154
(Don't) Walk This Way: The Econometrics of Crosswalks
Daniel L. Millimet
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17112
Cognitive Abilities and the Demand for Bad Policy
Salvatore Nunnari, Eugenio Proto, Aldo Rustichini
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17099
Information Provision and Support for Inheritance Taxation: Evidence from a Representative Survey Experiment in Germany
Luna Bellani, Kattalina Berriochoa, Mark Kapteina, Guido Schwerdt
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17081
Gender Bias in the Reelection of Politicians (When a Crisis Strikes)
Zohal Hessami, Temurbek Khasanboev
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17045
Lobbying for Industrialization: Theory and Evidence
Dmitry Veselov, Alexander Yarkin
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17031
Do Politicians Affect Firm Outcomes? Evidence from Connections to the German Federal Parliament
André Diegmann, Laura Pohlan, Andrea Weber
find an updated version of the paper here
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17017
News, Emotions, and Policy Views on Immigration
Elena Manzoni, Elie Murard, Simone Quercia, Sara Tonini
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17009
Young versus Old Politicians in Local Politics
Thushyanthan Baskaran, Zohal Hessami, Sebastian Schirner
published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2024, 225, 88-106
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17007
Ideological Alignment and Evidence-Based Policy Adoption
Jorge Garcia-Hombrados, Marcel Jansen, Ángel Martínez, Berkay Özcan, Pedro Rey-Biel, Antonio Roldán-Monés
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16996
Sailing Through History: The Legacy of Medieval Sea Trade On Migrant Perception and Extreme Right Voting
Anna Bottasso, Gianluca Cerruti, Maurizio Conti, Marta Santagata
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