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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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Who will be idol? The importance of social networks for winning on reality shows

Heizler, Odelia; Kimhi, Ayal - 2010

This paper examines, both theoretically and empirically, the effect of social networks and belonging to minority groups (or race) on the probability of winning in reality television shows. We develop a theoretical model that studies viewer behavior by presenting a framework of competition...

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Shifting Punishment on Minorities: Experimental Evidence of Scapegoating

Bauer, Michal; Cahlíková, Jana; Chytilová, Julie; … - 2021

This paper provides experimental evidence showing that members of a majority group systematically shift punishment on innocent members of an ethnic minority. We develop a new incentivized task, the Punishing the Scapegoat Game, to measure how injustice affecting a member of one's own group...

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Civil rights protests and election outcomes: Exploring the effects of the Poor People's Campaign

Anderson, D. Mark; Charles, Kerwin Kofi; Karbownik, … - 2024

The Poor People's Campaign (PPC) of 1968 was focused on highlighting, and ultimately reducing, poverty in the United States. As part of the campaign, protestors from across the country were transported to Washington, D.C. in 6 separate bus caravans, each of which made stops en route to rest,...

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Immigration and Electoral Outcomes: Evidence from the 2015 Refugee Inflow to Germany

Bredtmann, Julia - 2022

This paper investigates the effects of local exposure to refugees on electoral outcomes in the 2016 state election in Germany. Based on quasi-random variation in the allocation of refugees across municipalities and unique data on refugee populations and their type of accommodation, I find that...

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Power Shifts, Emigration, and Population Sorting

Aklin, Michaël; Eichenauer, Vera Z. - 2022

We investigate the consequences of a peaceful shift of power from one social group to another. Theoretically, we show that an individual's decision to stay put or migrate depends on the difference between the political preferences of groups and the change in tax. Empirically, we use the case of...

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A gate to the world for all? The reaction of neighborhoods in Hamburg to refugee housings

Endrich, Marek - 2022

This paper analyses the political reaction of residents to refugee housings in their neighborhood. The city of Hamburg, Germany, experienced between 2014 and 2021 large refugee inflows that required many new housings. Openings of refugee housings led to an increase in the vote share of...

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AfD's electoral success and the refugee crisis

Bartholomae, Florian W.; Nam, Chang Woon; Rafih, Pierre - In: Wirtschaftsdienst 102 (2022) 11, pp. 891-897

relationship between regional differences in the 2015-16 refugee crisis and the success of the AfD in the 2017 federal election. …

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Immigrant Narratives

Gehring, Kai; Adema, Joop; Poutvaara, Panu - 2022

Immigration is one of the most divisive political issues in many countries today. Competing narratives, circulated via the media, are crucial in shaping how immigrants' role in society is perceived. We propose a new method combining advanced natural language processing tools with dictionaries to...

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Broadband Internet and Attitudes Towards Migrants: Evidence from Spain

Golin, Marta; Romarri, Alessio - 2022

In this paper, we empirically evaluate the effect of exposure to broadband Internet on attitudes towards immigrants. We combine innovative survey data from Spain with information on the characteristics of the Spanish telephony infrastructure. To address the endogeneity of Internet availability,...

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