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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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Minority groups and success in election primaries

Epstein, Gil S.; Heizler, Odelia - 2018

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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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Jobs, Crime, and Votes : A Short-Run Evaluation of the Refugee Crisis in Germany

Gehrsitz, Markus - 2017

Millions of refugees made their way to Europe between 2014 and 2015, with over one million arriving in Germany alone. Yet, little is known about the impact of this inflow on labor markets, crime, and voting behavior. This article uses administrative data on refugee allocation and provides an...

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Group Size and Political Representation Under Alternate Electoral Systems

Chaturvedi, Sugat - 2018

We examine the effect of group size of minorities on their representation in national government under majoritarian (MR) and proportional (PR) electoral systems. We first establish a robust empirical regularity using an ethnicity-country level panel data comprising 438 ethno-country minority...

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Dismantling the 'Jungle' : Migrant Relocation and Extreme Voting in France

Vertier, Paul - 2018

Can a small scale inflow of migrants affect electoral outcomes? We study whether the relocation of migrants from the Calais “Jungle” to temporary migrant-centers (CAOs) in France affected the results of the 2017 presidential election. Using an instrumental variables approach that relies on...

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Immigration and Electoral Support for the Far-Left and the Far-Right

Edo, Anthony - 2018

Immigration has become one of the most divisive political issues in the United States, the United Kingdom, France and several other Western countries. We estimate the impact of immigration on voting for far-left and far-right candidates in France, using panel data on presidential elections from...

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The political economy of propaganda : evidence from US newspapers

Ottinger, Sebastian; Winkler, Max - 2022

We study the impact of the first American party committed to redistribution from rich to poor on anti-Black media content in the 1890s. The Populist Party sought support among poor farmers, regardless of race, providing the segregationist Democratic establishment in the South with an incentive...

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Reducing racial inequality in access to the ballot reduces racial inequality in children's later-life outcomes

Jones, Daniel B.; Shi, Ying - 2022

The Voting Rights Act (VRA) of 1965 removed barriers to voting for Black Americans in the South; existing work documents that this in turn led to shifts in the distribution of public funding towards areas with a higher share of Black residents and also reduced Black-White earnings disparities....

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Peers' Race in Adolescence and Voting Behavior

Polipciuc, Maria; Cörvers, Frank; Montizaan, Raymond - 2021

Using a representative longitudinal survey of U.S. teenagers, we investigate how peer racial composition in high school affects individual turnout of young adults. We exploit across-cohort, within-school differences in peer racial composition. One within-school standard deviation increase in the...

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