protest dynamics, spatial diffusion, media influence, counter-mobilization, and crime characteristics. Our analysis reveals … effect propagates through right-wing social media networks and is intensified by local newspaper coverage and Twitter …

We examine whether gig jobs in online food delivery (OFD) are a stepping stone for refugees entering the Austrian labor … market. Our identification strategy combines the quasi-random assignment of refugees to Austrian regions with the expansion … accel- erates job finding among refugees. Subsequently, however, gig workers remain in low-paid, unstable jobs with low …

We evaluate a labor market integration program that fast-tracked asylum seekers into the Italian labor market through … jobs. We also document broader benefits on socioeconomic integration, including language proficiency and social networks …

discipline the media before elections to secure favorable media coverage of the incumbent, thereby discourage public dissent. In … contrast, the reigns are loosened during off-election periods to allow the media's credibility to be rebuilt. This dynamic … creates distinct electoral cycles of media repression in autocracies. Our empirical study establishes these cycles using a …