Prof Eva Wegner & Prof Miquel Pellicer (Principal Investigators based at the University of Marburg) introduce the PoWER project and explain the significance of their research - why policies/politicians favor wealthy & how wealth bias work in politics www.volkswagenstiftung.de/en/news/stor...

Our Principal Investigator, Prof @evawegner.bsky.social introduces and discusses the signifance of the PoWER project - reproduction of wealth through politics and policies. Possible to achieve democracy in the age of heightened social divides and wealth inequality? www.youtube.com/live/qe57FPi...

Dr Kuran reviewed *The Triumph of Injustice* (Saez & Zucman, 2019) for the PoWER blog. The book presents an excellent empirical analysis of tax inequality in the USA. wealthpolicies.eu/book-review-...

Kickoff done! “Marburger Stadtgespräch” & Future of Democracy (Mon, 20 Oct). @leaelsaesser.bsky.social on working-class political careers, the role of trade unions, and contrasts with uni graduates. Thanks also to our engaged audience for a great discussion! More: tinyurl.com/e3pyhstd

Thanks to Mayor Dr. Thomas Spies for hosting, to Prof. Dr. Susanne Buckley-Zistel & Prof. @mqpellicer.bsky.social fro the @zfk-mr.bsky.social for opening remarks, and Stéphane Voell / @st3phm4rb.bsky.social for the great pictures.

1/6 📰🧐 Research Digest March 2025 - lockdowns and support for Trump in the US - left parties and redistribution - electoral role of candidate education - tax preferences in Latin America - City councillors’ roll-call voting in Chicago and Toronto

2/6 🧵In @cpsjournal.bsky.social, @alicexu.bsky.social & Iversen ask if economic, rather than cultural factors, drive support for right-wing populists. Staggered DiD in the US & covid lockdowns. In states with less educated people (cannot work from home) lockdowns increase Trump support doi.org/pft7

3/6 🧵 In EJPR, @alexanderhorn.bsky.social @klueserthan.bsky.social & Martin Haselmayer study the priorities of left parties in 12 OECD countries. While they find no evidence for a crowding out of redistribution generally, they show that some Social Democrats abandoned economic equality.doi.org/pft9

4/6 🧵 In @thejop.bsky.social‬ @elizabethsim0n.bsky.social & @turnbulldugarte.com do a meta-analysis of role of candidate education in conjoint experiments. More educated candidates preferred by all, but more so by more educated respondents, suggesting a possible in-group bias https://doi.org/pft8

5/6 🧵 In @cpsjournal.bsky.social Heilbrun studies tax preferences in the Latinobarometro. High perceived inequality associated with a preference towards a narrower tax base. Suggests a reason why revenue from direct taxes in LA is low https://doi.org/pfvd

6/6 🧵In @thejop.bsky.social @bigcitypolitics.bsky.social & Armstrong study elite conflict using councilors' roll-call votes. Original dataset over many terms in Chicago & Toronto. Against a pluralist expectation, councilors’ conflict is low-dimensional but durable across terms doi.org/pfvb

New Blog Post! 📝 Oliver Platt writes about the concept of class and its importance for regional inequality and voting behavior. To illustrate, the post includes interactive maps and data plots 🗺️📊 Read more: inq-dp.eu/index.php/20...

Maps upgrade! 🗺️ We expanded our maps of inequality page to include additional data on the spatial distribution of election results, rent prices, and education levels across Marburg. Explore: inq-dp.eu/index.php/ma...

1/6 📰🧐 IDP Research Digest January 2025 - Political responsiveness in 🇩🇰 & 🇳🇱 - Populist parties & congruence in 🇩🇪🇳🇱🇮🇹🇸🇪 - Effect of income on turnout in 🇳🇴 - Returns to office in 🇩🇰 - Electoral effects of coal phase-outs in 🇩🇪

2/6 🧵In @jeppjournal.bsky.social, @annerasmussen.bsky.social & @simonotjes.bsky.social ask: are politicians more responsive to interest groups or public opinion? Vignette experiments in 🇩🇰 & 🇳🇱 with politicians. Effect of public opinion positive, stronger, and more general doi.org/n6sf

3/6 🧵 In @electoralstudies.bsky.social, Zhirnov, @drphilphil.bsky.social, and co-authors study congruence b/w populist parties & their voters. VAA data from 🇩🇪🇳🇱🇮🇹🇸🇪. Show populist parties are best choice for their voters, but congruence is not higher compared to other parties. doi.org/n6sd

4/6 🧵 In @bjpols.bsky.social, Geys & Sørensen compare current & former lottery winners in the whole 🇳🇴 to estimate the effect of income on turnout. They find a small effect when gains are close to election date https://doi.org/n6sh

5/6 🧵 In @psrm.bsky.social, Dahlgaard, @fkjoeller.bsky.social and Kristensen research whether political careers are economically attractive. Using administrative data they find that based on total income all 🇩🇰 MPs experience short-term economic gains during their first term. https://doi.org/n6sg

6/6 🧵IN EJPR, @slstutzmann.bsky.social studies electoral effects of coal phase-outs in 🇩🇪 with admin data & DID design. Punishment of issue owners (left parties) and abstention increase. Not caused by real economic decline but perceived deprivation & loss of status. https://doi.org/n6sj

New blog post series! 📝 As the federal elections in Germany approach, we’re excited to share a series of three blog posts on topics related to the election. All three posts are written by students from one of Eva Wegner’s courses. Read more: inq-dp.eu/index.php/bl...

Mayors with higher education increase public investment, especially in the education sector, while reducing certain categories of current expenditure. This shift towards public investment does not compromise fiscal stability www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Full call for papers:

Please apply to the workshop "The Politics of AI: Actors, Policy, Geopolitics, and Resistances" (Barcelona, October 2-3). We seek empirical work on key actors, lobby and regulatory activities, and political conflict related to AI and Big Tech. Submission: forms.gle/o4rwT9km3iPX... by February 28.

Our first publication from the @g-epicproject.bsky.social project is now available online, open access. Co-authored with a great team :) www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandg...

Recently, our book on the Transformation of the Left in Europe came out Open access tinyurl.com/ahuxx6d6 A few interviews that summarize key findings: 🔉 Polisci No problem et al. podcast: tinyurl.com/54tvx3md 🔉 Swiss SD party podcast: tinyurl.com/ds4maabc 📖 SamPol Magazine: tinyurl.com/y93nd6cm

We often define the ideological space in terms of the economic and cultural dimensions; how does this resonate with ordinary citizens? This is the question Thomas and I explore in a new Element, analyzing answers to open-ended survey questions 🧵 cup.org/4gEYCOj

A commonly held notion is that Germany's far-right party AfD is especially successful in the country's more rural areas. However, a look at the party's election results in over 10,000 municipalities suggests that the link between rurality and AfD support is rather diffuse. A simple thread. 🧵👇

A baker's dozen. 12 books published in 2023-2024 that I have found especially valuable in understanding positive and normative dimensions of inequality plus the book that had the largest implicit effect on my thinking published in the last decade.

Forthcoming article by @econsandy.bsky.social Paul J Devereux, Fanny Landaud and Kjell Salvanes "The (Un)Importance of Inheritance" @eeanews.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/jeea/jvae056

📢CALL FOR PAPERS: Diversität der Landwirtschaftsproteste in Deutschland Themenheft des Forschungsjournal Soziale Bewegungen Gast-Herausgeber*innen: Janna Luisa Pieper und Felix Anderl Abstract Deadline: 31.01.2025 Mehr Infos: lnkd.in/eeJU5kBn

Our new research digest is out 👇. If you have anything on political and economic inequality, accountability or distributive politics coming out in the next four weeks and would like it featured in our next digest let us know!

📰🧐 In @ajpseditor.bsky.social, Kogan, Hajnal & @markarianga.bsky.social study how local election timing affects minority candidate success. Election data in California. Results show Latino candidates gain, & white candidates lose votes when local elections align with federal ones. doi.org/nvzf

📰🧐 In @apsrjournal.bsky.social Lucas and colleagues study politicians’ theories of elections and voting in 11 OECD countries. Using elite interviews and public opinion surveys they find a mismatch between politicians’ beliefs and those of ordinary citizens. https://doi.org/g8rckv

📰🧐 In @pspolisci.bsky.social, @stellarouse.bsky.social and colleagues study how social identities shape attitude about disaster assistance in the 🇺🇸. They find that federal disaster assistance has broad support but depends on perception of the victim & type of assistance. https://doi.org/nvx7

📰🧐 In @politicalgeography.bsky.social, @pcmagalhaes.bsky.social & @joaoc.bsky.social examine rural support for radical right in 🇵🇹. Rural areas more likely to support RR but not via usual channels (e.g. anti-immigration). Perception of pol. neglect of rural areas is key. https://doi.org/k3rp

📰🧐 In WEP, Ecker & @martingross.bsky.social study the allocation of executive portfolios in local politics. Data for large cities in 🇩🇪. Results indicate that local department heads are allocated among coalition parties and in proportion to their council seat share. doi.org/nvx8

Hot off the press by @margitschratz.bsky.social: A review article on the behavioural responses to inheritance taxation. Some takeaways: Real responses are smaller than avoidance, responses are smaller in more recent studies, tax design matters, ... worth a read: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

We've just made it much easier to reuse the data on Our World in Data. Here is an overview of our new features: enhanced data downloads and the Chart Data API. ourworldindata.org/easier-to-re...

🚨New Tool: paper-picnic.com The latest published political science research (and research in adjacent fields) every Friday. No alert chaos, no registration, no clutter. Powered by @crossref.bsky.social

🚨🚨🚨 Job opportunity: 3-yr Postdoc on Inequality & Polarization in my team, with 1-yr secondment @ LSE DSI. Pol economy/behaviour research + strong quantitative/computational methods expertise required. Apply here shorturl.at/XzpXi by Jan 7, 2025. Feel free to reach out with any questions! #polisky

🚨Finally online: Our paper on barriers to child care enrollment is now available @jeeanews.bsky.social 🤩🤩🤩 I'm over the moon 😁 Thanks to the most amazing team, @lergetporer.bsky.social, @fpeter.bsky.social & @simonwiederhold.bsky.social – what a ride! 🫶 doi.org/10.1093/jeea... #EconSky

This summary of findings from a study of #socialmobility and parental income in Denmark, rings true and in my opinion is generally applicable to other countries. The main policy implication of top end #inequality for mobility is in financial transfers and how capital income is treated. #EconSky

So happy to share an article co-written with @joaoc.bsky.social now out in Political Geography, a journal I always liked a lot. It's called "Political neglect and support for the radical right: The case of rural Portugal". It's open access. I hope you like it. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Enjoying the last rays of summer at our 'Distributive Policies in the Global South' workshop last week. Thanks to all our participants for the great discussions, reflections and exchange of ideas. We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did! tinyurl.com/38tkd5rt

6/6 🧵In @ajpseditor.bsky.social ky.social, Sahn examines responsiveness to comments at public planning meetings. Meeting minutes & admin data in 🇺🇸. Results show approvals are generally responsive to the public, but especially to preferences of white commenters & neighborhood groups. doi.org/nkn2

5/6 🧵In @thejop.bsky.social, @brianhamel.bsky.social study school spending & electoral incentives. Spending & electoral data in 🇺🇸. Results show allocation bias towards schools in competitive & supportive districts, especially when parents are a large part of the electorate. doi.org/nkn4

4/6 🧵In @thejop.bsky.social, @jannetukiainen.bsky.social & Dunaiski study the impact of income transparency policy on support for redistribution. Looking at the 🇫🇮 tax day they find that it decreases top earners support for redistribution, while it increases among the young: doi.org/nknz

3/6 🧵 In @thejop.bsky.social Albertus & Schouela study electoral consequences of land reform in 🇵🇹 exploiting arbitrary allocation due to soil mismeasurement. Communists implementing reform didn’t reap benefits as eligible non-beneficiaries & those non-eligible voted against doi.org/nkn3

2/6 🧵 In @ajpseditor.bsky.social , Hirvonen, Schafer, & @jannetukiainen.bsky.social show effect of basic income policy on participation. Increases voting by ca 7 ppts among infrequent voters (marginal voters). Effect persists. Operates via increases in trust & efficacy. tinyurl.com/4psm3rcx