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How does exposure to Covid-19 influence health and income inequality aversion?

Asaria, Miqdad; Costa-Font, Joan; Cowell, Frank A. - 2021

We study the determinants of individual aversion to health and income inequality in three European countries and the … effects of exposure to COVID-19 including the effect employment, income and health shocks using representative samples of the … population in each country. Comparing levels of health- and income-inequality aversion in the UK between the years 2016 and 2020 …

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The usual suspects : does risk tolerance, altruism, and health predict the response to COVID-19?

Sheth, Ketki; Wright, Greg C. - 2020

find a quarter of students violated the order. Yet, neither risk preference, altruism, nor preexisting health conditions …-existing health conditions may not voluntarily comply, resulting in higher health care congestion than otherwise expected. …

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The shadow of the neolithic revolution on life expectancy : a double-edged sword

Franck, Raphaël; Galor, Oded; Moav, Omer; Özak, Ömer - 2022

This research explores the persistent effect of the Neolithic Revolution on the evolution of life expectancy in the course of human history. It advances the hypothesis and establishes empirically that the onset of the Neolithic Revolution and the associated rise in infectious diseases triggered...

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Pandemic meets pollution : poor air quality increases deaths by COVID-19

Isphording, Ingo Eduard; Pestel, Nico - 2020

We study the impact of short-term exposure to ambient air pollution on the spread and severity of COVID-19 in Germany. We combine data on county-by-day level on confirmed cases and deaths with information on local air quality and weather conditions and exploit short-term variation in the...

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Wind of change? : experimental survey evidence on the COVID-19 shock and socio-political attitudes in Europe

Daniele, Gianmarco; Martinangeli, Andrea F. M.; … - 2020

the health and economic effects of the crisis, as well as a potential “rally around the ag” component. We find that the … social welfare spending financed by taxes. This is largely due to economic insecurity, but also because of health concerns. A …

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COVID-19 mortality and contemporaneous air pollution

Austin, Wes; Carattini, Stefano; Gomez Mahecha, John; … - 2020

We examine the relationship between contemporaneous fine particulate matter exposure and COVID-19 morbidity and mortality using an instrumental variable approach based on wind direction. Harnessing daily changes in county-level wind direction, we show that arguably exogenous fluctuations in...

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World price shocks, income, and democratization

Zissimos, Benjamin - 2015

This paper shows how a world price shock can increase the likelihood that democratization must be used to resolve the threat of revolution. Initially, a ruling elite may be able to use trade policy to maintain political stability. But a world price shock can push the country into a situation...

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The political costs of oil price shocks

Arezki, Rabah; Djankov, Simeon; Nguyen, Ha; Yotzov, Ivan - 2022

We explore the effect of oil import price shocks on political outcomes using a worldwide dataset on elections of chief executives. Oil import price shocks cause a reduction in the odds of reelection of incumbents, an increase in media chatter about fuel prices, and an increase in non-violent...

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Past exposure to macroeconomic shocks and populist attitudes in Europe

Gavresi, Despina; Litina, Anastasia - 2021

This paper explores the interplay between past exposure to macroeconomic shocks and populist attitudes. We document that individuals who experienced a macroeconomic shock during their impressionable years (between 18 and 25 years of age), are currently more prone to voting for populist parties,...

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Understanding the origins of populist political parties and the role of external shocks

Levi, Eugenio; Sin, Isabelle; Stillman, Steven - 2021

We use electoral survey data to examine the impact that two large external shocks had on the development of New Zealand First (NZF), one of the oldest populist parties in the OECD. We find that structural reforms, which led to large negative impacts on particular locations, and immigration...

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