. Foreign-born politicians, those who were born in countries other than the country where they hold policymaking positions, may … exhibit a strong preference for refugees. We provide the first empirical evidence on the relationship between politicians …-born politicians have higher recognition rates and offer more aid to refugees. Our findings remain robust for different outcome …

political selection. Overall, we conclude that voters select more competent politicians when they face uncertainty about the …

Do young politicians prioritize other types of municipal spending than old politicians? We study this question using …

We examine the effect of joining the European Union on individual life satisfaction in Bulgaria and Romania in the … context of the 2007 EU enlargement. Although EU membership is among the most important events in Bulgaria and Romania's modern … life satisfaction in Bulgaria and had a positive but statistically insignificant effect in Romania. One explanation is that …

In this paper we document and analyse gross job flows in five transition countries, Poland, Estonia, Slovenia, Bulgaria …