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Minority Groups and Success in Election Primaries

Epstein, Gil S.; Heizler, Odelia - 2018

In this paper, we focus on the effect of belonging to one or more minority groups on the probability of success in … woman or a Muslim decreases the chances of electoral success, candidates who belong to two minority groups have an advantage … in the race. In some cases of candidates belonging to two minority groups, their chances of success are not only higher …

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An exploratory study of populism: the municipality-level predictors of electoral outcomes in Italy

Levi, Eugenio; Patriarca, Fabrizio - 2019

We present an exploratory machine learning analysis of populist votes at municipality level in the 2018 Italian general elections, in which populist parties gained almost 50% of the votes. Starting from a comprehensive set of local characteristics, we use an algorithm based on BIC to obtain a...

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The Forest Behind the Tree: Heterogeneity in How US Governor's Party Affects Black Workers

Tchuente, Guy; Kakeu, Johnson; Francois, John Nana - 2021

Income inequality is a distributional phenomenon. This paper examines the impact of U.S governor's party allegiance (Republican vs Democrat) on ethnic wage gap. A descriptive analysis of the distribution of yearly earnings of Whites and Blacks reveals a divergence in their respective shapes over...

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Re-exhuming the old hatchet: The effects of affirmative action policies on political preferences in post-apartheid South Africa

Belmonte, Alessandro; Ticchi, Davide; Ubaldi, Michele - 2025

This paper studies whether affirmative action policies towards the outsider group may foster a backlash by the insider one. We exploit the unique historical context provided by the legacy of apartheid in democratic South Africa. We found that the completion of the affirmative action legislation...

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Economic Preferences and the Self-selection of Immigrants

Zhan, Crystal; Deole, Sumit - 2022

Classical theories hypothesize individual economic preferences, including preferences toward risk, time, and trust, as determinants for migration intention. In the paper, we combine data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, European Social Survey, and World Values Survey to investigate how...

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Immigrants and Trade Union Membership: Does Integration into Society and Workplace Play a Moderating Role?

Bedaso, Fenet Jima; Jirjahn, Uwe; Goerke, Laszlo - 2022

We hypothesize that incomplete integration into the workplace and society implies that immigrants are less likely to be union members than natives. Incomplete integration makes the usual mechanism for overcoming the collective action problem less effective. Using data from the Socio-Economic...

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Inside the NBA Bubble: How Black Players Performed Better without Fans

Caselli, Mauro; Falco, Paolo; Somekh, Babak - 2022

In the NBA, predominantly Black players play in front of predominantly non-Black fans. Using the 'NBA bubble', a natural experiment induced by COVID-19, we show that the performance of Black players improved significantly with the absence of fans vis-à-vis White players. This is consistent with...

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The Role of Social Identity and Perceived Discrimination in Human Capital Formation: Evidence from India

Gupta, Isha - 2022

This study examines the role of historically defined social identity in human capital development over time by focusing on a region from India where social identities are defined along the lines of castes and religious groups. It investigates the evolution of gaps across social groups in...

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The Impact of Immigration and Integration Policies On Immigrant-Native Labor Market Hierarchies

Guzi, Martin; Kahanec, Martin; Mýtna Kureková, Lucia - 2022

Across European Union (EU) labor markets, immigrant and native populations exhibit disparate labor market outcomes, signifying widespread labor market hierarchies. While significant resources have been invested in migration and integration policies, it remains unclear whether these contribute to...

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Moving Up the Social Ladder? Wages of First- and Second-Generation Immigrants from Developing Countries

Pineda-Hernández, Kevin; Rycx, François; Volral, Mélanie - 2022

As immigrants born in developing countries and their descendants represent a growing share of the working-age population in the developed world, their labour market integration constitutes a key factor for fostering economic development and social cohesion. Using a granular, matched...

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