What was the impact of urban political structure on economic inequality in preindustrial times? I document that more … closed political institutions were associated with higher economic inequality in a panel of early modern German cities. To … inequality. To mitigate concerns about reverse causality, I exploit the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648) as a plausibly exogenous …

from disadvantaged backgrounds. As it turns out, the majority of the German public perceives inequality in educational …

A widely held view is that increasing globalisation and inequality are fostering support for populist actors … introduce the concept of spatial inequality, which describes the regional inequality within countries, and construct a measure … of public goods scarcity. I argue that the spatial inequality induced feeling of being left behind is positively …

satisfied with the democracy as it exists in Germany than workers in firms without such a participatory workplace institution …

governments in economic growth and low unemployment in order to win elections, there should be a link between political business …