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The Political Scar of Epidemics
Aksoy, Cevat Giray; Eichengreen, Barry; Saka, Orkun - 2020
argument, our results are mostly driven by individuals who experienced epidemics under weak governments with less capacity to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012270029
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Revenge of the Experts: Will COVID-19 Renew or Diminish Public Trust in Science?
Eichengreen, Barry; Aksoy, Cevat Giray; Saka, Orkun - 2020
scientific research and expertise. We test this hypothesis by examining how exposure to previous epidemics affected trust in … to 25, we focus on individuals exposed to epidemics in their country of residence at this particular stage of the life … course. Combining data from a 2018 Wellcome Trust survey of more than 75,000 individuals in 138 countries with data on global …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012497766
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Globalization, Government Popularity, and the Great Skill Divide
Aksoy, Cevat Giray; Guriev, Sergei; Treisman, Daniel - 2020
How does international trade affect the popularity of governments and leaders? The recent backlash against globalization renders this question extremely topical. Yet, most previous work has looked for political effects of aggregate trade flows without decomposing into particular types of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012207707
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Trust in Public Institutions over the Business Cycle
Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
We document that trust in public institutions – and particularly trust in banks, business and government – has declined … over recent years. U.S. time series evidence suggests that this partly reflects the pro-cyclical nature of trust in … the most suffered the biggest loss in confidence in institutions, particularly in trust in government and the financial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008868129
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Trust in public institutions over the business cycle
Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - 2011
We document that trust in public institutions and particularly trust in banks, business and government has declined … over recent years. U.S. time series evidence suggests that this partly reflects the pro-cyclical nature of trust in … the most suffered the biggest loss in confidence in institutions, particularly in trust in government and the financial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278438
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How Does It Feel to Be Part of the Minority? Impacts of Perspective-Taking on Prosocial Behaviors
Chatruc, Marisol Rodríguez; Rozo, Sandra V. - 2021
Can online experiences that illustrate the perspective of the everyday life of a minority group improve behaviors of the dominant towards the minority group? We explore the case of natives and refugees by randomly assigning 850 natives to: i) an online game that immerses natives in the life...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012597449
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The Political U: New Evidence on Democracy and Income
Campos, Nauro F.; Coricelli, Fabrizio; Frigerio, Marco - 2022
This paper throws new light on the relationship between income and democracy. Using data for 162 countries over 1960 … support. These findings are robust to, among others, using night-lights instead of GDP, different democracy measures and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013426447
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To Segregate or to Integrate: Education Politics and Democracy
Doepke, Matthias; Croix, David de la - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
The governments of nearly all countries are major providers of primary and secondary education to their citizens. In some countries, however, public schools coexist with private schools, while in others the government is the sole provider of education. In this study, we ask why different...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762277
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Why Populist Democracy Promotes Market Liberalization
Grosjean, Pauline; Senik, Claudia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
Using a new set of micro evidence from an original survey of 28 transition countries, we show that democracy increases …, provided that they trust political institutions. Our findings suggest that one solution to the recent electoral backlash of … reformist parties in the former socialist block lies in a deepening of democracy. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822609
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Why populist democracy promotes market liberalization
Grosjean, Pauline; Senik, Claudia - 2008
Using a new set of micro evidence from an original survey of 28 transition countries, we show that democracy increases …, provided that they trust political institutions. Our findings suggest that one solution to the recent electoral backlash of … reformist parties in the former socialist block lies in a deepening of democracy. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268619