Alessia Aspide
@aspidea.bsky.social
Postdoctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies | Political economy of public debt and fiscal policies | Southern European in the North
"Hate never made any nation great again"
"Hate never made any nation great again"
✨ MaxCPE is back! ✨
Don’t miss this week's webinar on Wednesday, 17th Dec, at 1pm CEST. Alexandre Afonso (@alexandreafonso.bsky.social) will present his co-authored paper on public opinion towards immigrants & Martin Ruhs will join us to discuss.
✉️ Drop an email to maxcpe@mpifg.de to sign up
Don’t miss this week's webinar on Wednesday, 17th Dec, at 1pm CEST. Alexandre Afonso (@alexandreafonso.bsky.social) will present his co-authored paper on public opinion towards immigrants & Martin Ruhs will join us to discuss.
✉️ Drop an email to maxcpe@mpifg.de to sign up
December 15, 2025 at 2:29 PM
✨ MaxCPE is back! ✨
Don’t miss this week's webinar on Wednesday, 17th Dec, at 1pm CEST. Alexandre Afonso (@alexandreafonso.bsky.social) will present his co-authored paper on public opinion towards immigrants & Martin Ruhs will join us to discuss.
✉️ Drop an email to maxcpe@mpifg.de to sign up
Don’t miss this week's webinar on Wednesday, 17th Dec, at 1pm CEST. Alexandre Afonso (@alexandreafonso.bsky.social) will present his co-authored paper on public opinion towards immigrants & Martin Ruhs will join us to discuss.
✉️ Drop an email to maxcpe@mpifg.de to sign up
Immigration can help ageing countries reduce public debt by easing fiscal pressure. Yet this narrative is rarely heard in media or political discourse.
🔍 How does the public react when the fiscal benefits of immigration are made visible?
Check out our latest publication 👇🏽 @mdigiuseppe.bsky.social
🔍 How does the public react when the fiscal benefits of immigration are made visible?
Check out our latest publication 👇🏽 @mdigiuseppe.bsky.social
The mass politics of public debt, immigration, and austerity
Several European governments are confronting both high public debt and ageing populations. Policymakers will confront the unpopular choices of austerity, increasing immigration, or continuing to le...
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June 2, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Immigration can help ageing countries reduce public debt by easing fiscal pressure. Yet this narrative is rarely heard in media or political discourse.
🔍 How does the public react when the fiscal benefits of immigration are made visible?
Check out our latest publication 👇🏽 @mdigiuseppe.bsky.social
🔍 How does the public react when the fiscal benefits of immigration are made visible?
Check out our latest publication 👇🏽 @mdigiuseppe.bsky.social
Reposted by Alessia Aspide
Next week, on the 15th of May, Alessia Aspide @aspidea.bsky.social will defend her thesis 'Fiscal Preferences in Context: Fiscal rules, political agendas, and the mass politics of public debt'.
Read about her key findings here: www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2025...
Read about her key findings here: www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2025...
Understanding Public Support for Budget Cuts and Tax Increases
In her dissertation, political scientist Alessia Aspide explores how public attitudes toward fiscal policy are formed. Her key finding: fiscal preferences are not shaped in a vacuum, but are deeply em...
www.universiteitleiden.nl
May 7, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Next week, on the 15th of May, Alessia Aspide @aspidea.bsky.social will defend her thesis 'Fiscal Preferences in Context: Fiscal rules, political agendas, and the mass politics of public debt'.
Read about her key findings here: www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2025...
Read about her key findings here: www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2025...
Reposted by Alessia Aspide
The attack on immigrants — which I don't think Trump can moderate — will make America poorer as well as uglier paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-deport...
The Deportation Nightmare Begins
Whatever Trump intends, this will spiral out of control
paulkrugman.substack.com
January 27, 2025 at 11:39 AM
The attack on immigrants — which I don't think Trump can moderate — will make America poorer as well as uglier paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-deport...
Reposted by Alessia Aspide
Special Call:
The MPIfG is offering a one-year postdoctoral fellowship in economic sociology or political economy, intended for researchers (f/m/d) from Palestine and Lebanon
career.mpifg.de/jobposting/e...
The MPIfG is offering a one-year postdoctoral fellowship in economic sociology or political economy, intended for researchers (f/m/d) from Palestine and Lebanon
career.mpifg.de/jobposting/e...
December 11, 2024 at 11:19 AM
Special Call:
The MPIfG is offering a one-year postdoctoral fellowship in economic sociology or political economy, intended for researchers (f/m/d) from Palestine and Lebanon
career.mpifg.de/jobposting/e...
The MPIfG is offering a one-year postdoctoral fellowship in economic sociology or political economy, intended for researchers (f/m/d) from Palestine and Lebanon
career.mpifg.de/jobposting/e...
Public finance issues in Europe often bring Greece or Italy to mind. But France? This insightful piece unpacks the turmoil surrounding France's budget deficit and explains how it has largely avoided scrutiny—until now. A must-read! 👇
In case you are also following the French situation minute by minute, here is my take on its implications for EU fiscal governance for the @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social
blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...
blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...
Chaos in the numbers – the strange case of France’s budget deficit
A no-confidence vote triggered by a dispute over the French budget has led to the collapse of the country’s government. Camilla Locatelli writes that France’s fiscal challenges offer important less…
blogs.lse.ac.uk
December 6, 2024 at 2:11 PM
Public finance issues in Europe often bring Greece or Italy to mind. But France? This insightful piece unpacks the turmoil surrounding France's budget deficit and explains how it has largely avoided scrutiny—until now. A must-read! 👇
"Austerity remains a looming spectre on the political horizon of Europe. International obligations can raise public support for costly domestic policies, but can European fiscal rules influence public opinion and boost support for austerity?"
Check the results of my survey experiment!
Check the results of my survey experiment!
📘 European Union Politics, 25(4)
❓Can European fiscal pledges foster public support for austerity?
PhD researcher Alessia Aspide uses a survey experiment in Italy to examine if the source of fiscal rules affects public support for austerity measures.
🔗 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... #OA 📖
❓Can European fiscal pledges foster public support for austerity?
PhD researcher Alessia Aspide uses a survey experiment in Italy to examine if the source of fiscal rules affects public support for austerity measures.
🔗 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... #OA 📖
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December 6, 2024 at 10:57 AM
"Austerity remains a looming spectre on the political horizon of Europe. International obligations can raise public support for costly domestic policies, but can European fiscal rules influence public opinion and boost support for austerity?"
Check the results of my survey experiment!
Check the results of my survey experiment!