Excited to share my new paper now @apsrjournal: https://t.co/2wwPaPewv5 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 🧵

🚨 out at @apsrjournal 🚨 ➡️ We ran a large media literacy experiment to fight misinformation ➡️ 13,500 students, 583 villages in Bihar, India ➡️ Created custom misinfo curriculum of 4 months ➡️ Partnered w the government to roll it out as an official course in classrooms

So excited to see this out!

Final cover. Coming out this August @CUP_PoliSci

After many years of working on it, it feels great to finally see my job market paper out in AJPS!

Since I've often posted about this project on Twitter, I wanted to share that my job market paper is now forthcoming at the Journal of Politics! This paper has been a labor of love and the source of much joy (and frustration). Excited that it found a home!

The challenge for the Left is to turn unfunded public goods into funded ones: redistribute their concentrated costs using –Job retention schemes –Training and reskilling –Redistributive compensation Without credible compensation, right populists will continue to exploit the gap.

We also show negative future expectations predict Trump support: Counties w/ more pessimistic future economic outlooks voted more heavily for Trump in 2016. This long-term pessimism, rather than immediate economic loss, fuels right-wing populism.

Same pattern observed using an alternative measure: the share of jobs that can’t be done remotely (“teleworkability”).

We leverage staggered timing of COVID business closures in the U.S.—a rare economic shock decoupled from race. Using an event study design, we find lockdowns boosted Trump support in states with more low-education workers, but had no effect in high-education ones.

@cps_journal These policies don’t require direct taxes. That’s precisely the problem: They’re “cheap” for governments, yet disproportionately costly for certain workers—esp. those with lower educ or less flexible skills. Without compensation, these voters are vulnerable to populist appeals.

@cps_journal Unfunded public goods, policies that benefit the public but impose concentrated economic costs on specific groups, without compensating them, drives right-wing populism. Think: – COVID lockdowns – Trade liberalization – Climate policies – Innovation and competition policy

🚨New paper out in @cps_journal with Torben Iversen: https://t.co/gReYF9DsaW We empirically separate economic factors from cultural backlash as competing explanations for right-wing populism, and find evidence for the former. We define the concept of “unfunded public goods.” 🧵

Excited to speak at Penn’s School of Social Policy & Practice’s webinar on climate’s influence on health, politics, and the labor force. Register here: https://t.co/xr5kLMHvXL

🧵 How do criminal organizations expand to strong states? My paper in @The_JOP explains how mafias successfully moved to Northern Italy—by striking deals with local actors and exploiting migrant labor. Thread: ⬇️

So excited that my book will be available for purchase later this month! CUP: https://t.co/hodQhgGywk Amazon: https://t.co/9hmn0TZwZ9

Excited to share a new review paper with @mmildenberger @dustintingley! We use the IRA to explain the origin and effects of political attitudes about the energy transition 🌎🔌 We also chart research needs with the global green industrial policy turn https://t.co/GHl1xBROfw

Milei esta en Wall Street y aca va mi comentario en @ForeignAffairs https://t.co/duc8x9vqeE

Unfortunately, unfounded claims about Haitian migrants aren't unique to the US. In a new paper @The_JOP, @NandoSeverino and I show how Haitian migration to Chile sparked baseless concerns about crime. Read more:

Call for papers in the @JUrbanEcon for an issue on Quantitative Spatial Models. Deadline: September 30, 2024 https://t.co/B77NRX0Zki

Excited to see this paper out online @cps_journal! Thread from @LaserGabi 👇