Alice Xu
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Assistant Prof at UPenn @PennSP2 @PoliticsAtPenn | @Harvard Gov't PhD | Comparative inequality, urban & distributive politics, environmental politics
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I'm very excited to share my paper, "The Political Origins of Slum Growth and Segregation in Cities," which just won
@APSAtweets
@apsaurban
+
@UrbanAffairsRev
's Best APSA Paper on Urban & Local Politics Award. Thank you so much to the committee! Draft here:
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Excited to share my new paper now
@apsrjournal
:
I show that segregation encourages the privatization of urban services. Conversely, integrated cities produce intergroup externalities that align the middle class w/ the poor in coalitions for public goods 🧵
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I'm thrilled that my paper, "The Political Origins of Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon," received
@APSAtweets
@STEP_APSA
's Paul A. Sabatier Best Conference Paper Award. Thank you so much
@saadgulzar
,
@r_deLeo
, and Annemieken van den Dool for the recognition! It means a lot.
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I'm thrilled that my JMP, "Segregation and the Spatial Externalities of Inequality: A Theory of Collateral Cooperation for Public Goods in Cities," won
@APSAInequality
's Best Paper on Economic and Social Inequality Award.
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PhDone last week 🤘 So excited to join UPenn’s School of Social Policy and
@PoliticsAtPenn
as an Asst. Prof in July!!! And so grateful to so many: my advisors, my PhD cohort + classmates, friends/loved ones, and of course all those in Brazil who welcomed me with open arms 🇧🇷🇧🇷
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The Fam has spoken: don’t bring your paper home with you for the holidays
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Foi um grande prazer visitar
@EconomiaUsp
esta tarde –diverti-me imenso! Eu sei que é uma semana tão difícil que antecede a eleição de domingo: agradeço muito por toda a ótima discussão e ideias daqueles que ainda vieram. E muita obrigada
@rbcorbi
e
@EconomiaUsp
pelo convite!
📢 Alerta de Seminário ONLINE!
Amanhã (29/09) a
@EconomiaUsp
terá o prazer de receber em seu seminário online Alice Xu
@alice_z_xu
!
O seminário será transmitido ao vivo no nosso canal, com a divulgação do link alguns minutos antes do evento.
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To share this with you, the honor is all mine, Lucia! Thanks so much again to
@VirOliveros
,
@EduardoMoncad
, and
@REPAL_LatAm
for this recognition! It means a lot coming from REPAL ❤️
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@apsrjournal
Why do cities of comparable capacity and size provide different levels of public goods? Why is Brasília, the capital of Brazil, so deficient in public goods? Why does the city of Belo Horizonte provide more? I argue that class-based segregation explains this difference. (2/n)
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Fieldwork with the bestie 💛 My first impression of Shelley back during our undergrad days: “Who is this badass who studies war and rebel groups” 🤓 Thank youu
@shelley_x_liu
for sharing Liberia with me! I loved it and feel so lucky that I still get to do this with you.
Liberia, it's been a minute! 🇱🇷 First time back in 4(!!) yrs and it's just as amazing as I remembered 🥰 Closing out some fieldwork with
@alice_z_xu
on markets in Monrovia and already missing new friends + the food.
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Very excited to discuss a set of fantastic papers on the Political Dynamics of Development and Welfare in Latin American Cities by
@silvia_otero85
@jdprieto
@MelissaZRogers
and
@bhbradlow
and with the one and only
@CallaHummel
as chair! Come join us at 10!
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Very much looking forward to "presenting" at NEWEPS-15 today! Come join us today at 1:30pm EDT! It's always a good time.
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First time experiencing
@REPAL_LatAm
's annual conference, and the verdict: it's🤯. Check out the fantastic line-up of papers/books on PE in Latin America: . Overwhelmed by all the incredible feedback. For mañana, book by
@VirOliveros
👇My brain might explode
Another great book session coming up tomorrow 7/17 at 12 PM EST:
@VirOliveros
' forthcoming "Patronage at Work" discussed by
@tuliafa
and
@anulolbapnauj
. How do public employees affect elections? Why do they get involved in politics? Come hear a sneak preview of the book!
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So proud of the students in Gov 1006 for writing fabulous replication papers! They presented their projects to friends/family at our last class. Check out their work here:
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🥳When your BFF publishes her JMP🥳How do wartime rebel-civilian relations affect postwar governance? Shelley explores this question using evidence from archival data,qualitative interviews,and DiD analysis. Stay tuned for the book, which includes Liberia as an additional case🔥
My paper, "Control, Coercion, and Cooptation: How Rebels Govern after Winning Civil War" is officially published at
@World_Pol
! The paper is part of my ongoing book project, and I'm so excited to finally have this out in the world 😄
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Thank you
@vincentrmauro
! Excited for our APSA panel & feedback from
@dhdannychoi
@shelley_x_liu
! More info:
Just a big bummer that Danny is held back from coming.
@APSAtweets
has yet to speak up about the tremendous visa burdens placed on somany scholars
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@apsrjournal
Indebted to my amazing field team,
@cepesp
, survey + FG participants, so many who gave their time+ invaluable feedback! Especially Fran Hagopian
@HLarreguy
@jafrieden
Torben Iversen
@piaraffler
@trounstine
@fdhidalgo
@ProfTortuga
@YuhuaWang5
@Arfung
&YaleMacMillan
@SWilkinsIndia
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The "But why?" look I get from fellow academics when I claim "environmental politics" as a research interest —feels like announcing you're a gluten-free vegan.
#climatechange
politics, along with
#migration
, is one of the most understudied in Polisci journals.
This is a problem.
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Really enjoying the
#NYUcess
conference in honor of Becky Morton. Excited to share research on the effects of segregation on cooperation for public goods in cities. Many thanks to the conference coordinators
@GManMac
@tara_slough
@j_a_tucker
and Chris Dawes for making it happen!
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I had a blast presenting at the MIT Global Diversity Lab. Many thanks to the
@lab_diversity
community for all the engagement! And to
@evlieb
for the invitation!
Great to hear from
@alice_z_xu
last week about her project examining segregation and spatial externalities of inequality in urban Brazil. She finds socioeconomic diversity generates cooperation for public goods, in response to negative externalities of inequality
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Looking forward to this discussion of Why urban services are still so bad in large Latin American cities with
@AlyssaHuberts
, Alison Post, and
@ProfTortuga
! Zoom link here: Come join us at noon!
04/25 @ 12PM EDT: Why Are Urban Services Still So Bad in Large Cities?
More than 80 percent of Latin Americans live in cities. This panel explores why and how governments improve urban services, and how these policies vary across Latin American cities.
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@apsrjournal
Contra conventional wisdom that diversity undermines public goods, I illustrate a form of cooperation b/n class—and potentially racial—out-groups for p.g. In integrated cities, urban welfare of different groups are interdependent through the spatial externalities of inequality.
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Harvard: No more faculty searches, and we're freezing salaries immediately. Also, no support for grad students on nonexistent job market nor for those who can no longer do fieldwork --sry not sry. A new athletics director, though, is a must:
#priorities
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📢Accepting nominations📢 for
@APSAtweets
@STEP_APSA
's Paul A. Sabatier Best Paper on science, technology, and environmental politics from last APSA. One more week to submit! by March 1st. Self-nominations highly encouraged
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It was a pleasure to read these four fantastic papers on inequality, redistributive attitudes, and how migration affects vote-buying in Latin America by
@Aye_Vanegas
@sanmavicha
@pilar_manzi
@LauraGarciaMo
–check out their work! And thanks again
@TaylorBoas
and
@bilyanakpetrova
:)
Great and productive discussion at MPSA2023. Thank you
@alice_z_xu
,
@bilyanakpetrova
and
@TaylorBoas
for amazing comments and feedback
@sanmavicha
,
@pilar_manzi
and
@LauraGarciaMo
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@apsrjournal
The analysis draws on a mixed methods approach that includes focus groups w/ neighborhood associations, a proposed identification strategy for estimating segregation, and a large-scale door-to-door survey of over 4,000 residents across 420 neighborhoods in São Paulo, Brazil.
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Very thankful to award committee members,
@AmberWichowsky
, Jennifer Erkulwater, and Jesse Rhodes and to my advisors,
@HLarreguy
,
@jafrieden
, Fran Hagopian, Torben Iversen. And for this award, also
@ProfTortuga
for her encouragement!
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@apsrjournal
The paper introduces self-interest in reducing intergroup externalities as a mechanism for cooperation for p.g. Using mechanism vignettes, I show social affinity or racial tolerance cannot explain the results. Integration even generates middle-class aversion toward the poor.
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Thanks
@HarvardDRCLAS
and to everyone who came!!
11/11: Why are some cities much more well-endowed in public goods than others? Join us for "Segregation and Polarization in Urban Brazil" tomorrow at 12 pm ET. Details and registration here:
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@apsrjournal
Conventional wisdom finds that racial diversity undermines public goods. I focus on inequality (class differences) and emphasize the spatial externalities (e.g., sewage run-off, crime) (psychological + physical) that spill over b/n the urban poor (slums) and the middle class.
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Whoa, this gives me goosebumps. Took "Democracy and Dictatorship in Europe" with Sheri Berman back in 2010. I study non-Europe / developing countries, but the class was still so memorable. In my mind, she has already written the book a decade ago! Can't wait to read
It was a great pleasure to announce today that Sheri Berman’s “Democracy & Dictatorship in Europe”, a prodigious work of comparative historical analysis, won the
#APSA2020
#Democracy
&
#Autocracy
best book prize. 1/2
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@apsrjournal
I argue the geography of class groups –location of slums– determines patterns in spatial externalities. Segregation limits cross-class externalities, while integration induces spillovers b/n the poor & middle class, thereby undercutting the perceived efficacy of private services.
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@adam_m_auerbach
@tariqthachil
@PrincetonUPress
Huge CONGRATS to you both! So pumped for this🤩 My desk right now:
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@apsrjournal
In recent decades, growth of private services undermines the need for state provision of p.g. This paper demonstrates urban segregation is at the core of understanding this public-private divide. While segregation polarizes preferences, integration forges cross-class coalitions.
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Really enjoyed the
#HEPS
conference. Thanks again
@ArielRWhite
white for all the fantastic (even in the margins) comments! And to the coordinators
@David_Romney
@sophie_e_hill
@HunterRendleman
@owoldemik
@maxkuhelj
Reed, SunYoung, Jake Brown,Dustin Tingley for making it happen!
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@guygrossman
One may be Gallup World Poll's optimism index. Asks respondents where they think they'll stand in the future ("best possible life") on a ladder from 0 to 10. Exact question on pg. 60 here: Seen it used as a measure for aspirations!
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"The countries with the best responses to the coronavirus are governed by women. The causality can be the other way: countries whose social and political structures are more egalitarian allow or incentivize women to win and value good governance."
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Human nature isn't so awful after all! Also, interesting how this is somewhat correlated with size of welfare states.
Researchers left 17,000 wallets on the streets of 355 cities, some empty, some with money. Contrary to the predictions of economists, people everywhere were more likely to return wallets with money in them. But rates did vary from country to country.
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What would the world be like without women? Tomorrow, women across Mexico will march to protest the rise in feminicides and President AMLO's inaction
#UnDiaSinNosotras
#UnD
íaSinMujeres
#8M
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Seeing all these senior faculty talk about their excitement over the new Taylor Swift album on twitter, and it's like 🤯
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@Leo_RBueno
@apsrjournal
Thank youu
@Leo_RBueno
!! So grateful to you,
@guiarusso
,
@lara_mesquita
,Jonny Philips,
@xulicamargo
, Gabi Campos,George Avelino,Ciro Biderman,
@costalucas
,
@atrfisch
,
@IanaAlves
,
@TainaPacheco15
all those at FGV who gave me community during that long tiring survey days back in 2019 :)
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There is no trade-off b/n saving lives v. the economy. Value of social distancing to reduce deaths in America: $7.9 trillion. Keep it up!💪
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@akoustov
Available here for recent decades: Unfortunately, calculating it from census is a pain because can't distinguish births/deaths from migration/emigration. (If you figure out a census way, I'm all ears!)
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I haven't been in the country at this time of the year for July 4th in ages given fieldwork. The fireworks started at 6pm and went on thru ~3am (literally). Were we always this patriotic? Or are we trying to compensate for something atm? I don't remember it ever being like this.
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Muita obrigada
@nexopoliticas
@NexoJornal
por divulgar esta pesquisa! Agradeço especialmente a Tim Linden e Maria Lidiane Rodrigues. O documento de trabalho está disponível aqui:
#AcessoLivre
| As origens políticas do desmatamento na Amazônia brasileira. Esta pesquisa analisa como a competição política municipal impacta a implementação de políticas de conservação no país. Leia no 'Acadêmico' de Alice Xu do
@HarvardDRCLAS
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@antobandiera_
@ile_din
@juamiji
@svrozo
@micasviatschi
Really cool paper –I'm glad I got to see you present it yesterday!
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@jmangonnet
@VickyMurilloNYC
@jurpelai
@The_JOP
Excited to see this out! Congrats
@jmangonnet
&
@jurpelai
!
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📢Accepting nominations📢 for
@APSAInequality
's Best Paper on Social and Economic Inequality presented at any 2021 panel/section. Self-nominations are highly encouraged! Email
@kstrump
, Josh Robison, and me no later than April 1st. More information here:
It's award season!
The APSA Class and Inequality section invites nominations for 5 awards: best book, best dissertation, and 3 awards for papers presented at the 2021 APSA annual meeting.
The call for awards can be viewed online here:
Deadline April 1
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@juliaflynch
Congrats
@juliaflynch
!! Much needed bringing in of PS for topics like health/social policy 🔥
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@cantstopkevin
I'm interested in knowing "Why Shark Attacks Might ....democracy(?)" in particular
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Breaking news: Brazilian Pres
#JairBolsonaro
tests positive for
#COVID19
that he and at least one member of his staff supposedly acquired while visiting
@realDonaldTrump
at Mar-a-Lago
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Contracts covid, and then this. President of Brazil, everyone 👏👏👏🤣 I just can't....
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@AliciaCooperma2
Great paper by
@guygrossman
and co. that may be relevant:
Also, see David van Dijcke's (
@packlesshepherd
) working / forthcoming papers
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🤩Join us!🤩Today and tomorrow at noon EST for the Urban Politics in the Global South workshop sponsored by APSA Urban & Local Politics + Global Metropolitan Studies! Register for the Zoom link here:
I am excited to see everybody at this great virtual conference. Join us!
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Latin America, "the region that has sustained the world’s sharpest economic blow" during COVID, is no longer a “middle-class society.”
The exception: Brazil
Cash transfer programs targeting informal workers, such as Brazil’s auxílio emergencial, make all the difference👇
“Leaving out Brazil, where temporary government aid skewed regional numbers, 12 million Latin Americans tumbled out of the middle class last year, knocking the region from its perch as a middle-class society, according to a World Bank study to be published next month.”
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@guillermo_toral
@Debora_Thome_
@MaluGatto
Aw brigadão, amigo😊Provavelmente já familiar, mas a pesquisa de Eduardo Marques (CEM-USP) pode ser relevante. Alison Post também escreveu uma ótima resenha: e parece que
@UrbanDemog
também sempre ter dados e projetos muito legais sobre desigualdade urbana
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@eunjikim_media
@AJPS_Editor
Like
@dhdannychoi
, so much project envy for this project! So good to see it out. Congrats, Eunji!!!
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@gabby_girard
@APSAtweets
@STEP_APSA
@saadgulzar
@r_deLeo
Thanks Gabby! Can’t wait to celebrate with you and Julio next weekend!
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@APSAtweets
@apsaurban
@UrbanAffairsRev
Thank you so much to Richardson Dilworth from
@UrbanAffairsRev
, Ashley Nickels, and Eric Stokan!
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@lingchenjhu
@fhollenbach
@APSAtweets
@APSA_PubPol
@SAISHopkins
@SAISlibrary
Many congrats to you and
@fhollenbach
!
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@alamgael
@osus_info
@UrbanDemog
@ZorzalErrante
Mil gracias por sus amables palabras! ¡Significa mucho que pienses esto!!
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@TBozcha
@aytugs
@matt_blackwell
@MelaniCammett
Congratulations, Dr. Şaşmaz!!! So proud, yet so sad. End of an era, really 😭
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@fhollenbach
@polarbear0627
@APSAInequality
Tyyy, Florian! And also for all the amazing feedback from you and your students!!
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@VirOliveros
@PabloMPinto
Feliz cumple,
@PabloMPinto
!! I've been so lucky to have him as an advisor.
@VirOliveros
knows (;
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@jessiebullock
@SUPoliSci
@MaxwellSU
🍾Congrats again girl!!! Looking fwd to celebrating w/ you and Ross when there's a chance!
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@prof_jmorgan
Thanks so much, Jana! It has meant a lot to have all your mentorship and support these last years :)
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@HLarreguy
@vincentrmauro
@dhdannychoi
@shelley_x_liu
@APSAtweets
Yes of course! I'll check with the panelists and share. Also owe you and the committee the long overdue next chapter (which is this paper)😆
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@trounstine
@bd_highsmith
@CarnegieCorp
Congratulations, Jessica! Can't wait for all your new research that will come out of this!
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@_emilyrains
@DrElizabethLane
@POLI_LSU
@apsaurban
I will - would love that! I'll be in touch as it draws closer :)
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@dawn_teele
@comppolsection
@EGEN_polisci
@SNFAgoraJHU
@TomPepinsky
@ProfTortuga
@JohnsHopkins
Yessss!! Huge congrats
@dawn_teele
! 🎉🎉
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@msisiri
@apsrjournal
Thank you so much Constantine! I hope you're settling in at Irvine well! Hope to catch you soon :)
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@ricarthuguet
@dhdannychoi
@apsrjournal
@feiyonah
@jandrewharris
Definitely dream team! Congrats!! :)
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