Horacio Larreguy
hlarreguy.bsky.social
Horacio Larreguy
@hlarreguy.bsky.social

Working on misinformation, political economy, and development.
@ITAM_mx @JPAL and often revisiting
@IASToulouse and TSE. Formerly at
@Harvard. @MITEcon PhD.

Political science 47%
Sociology 21%

After 6 years of work, I am thrilled to introduce "Polarization and Exposure to Cross-Partisan Media in an Electoral Autocracy," with Jeremy Bowles @shelleyliu.bsky.social and Ahmet Akbiyik. We hope you enjoy it! tinyurl.com/TBLLA

Combating Misinformation. What Works and What We Should Do www.ifo.de/en/econpol/p...

Always fun to work with Cesi Cruz and @drernestocast.bsky.social!
📢 Our new VoxDevLit on Political Polarisation is out now!

Senior Editors Cesi Cruz (University of Michigan) & Horacio Larreguy (ITAM) review research on the causes and consequences of polarisation.

Read & download here: https://voxdev.org/voxdevlit/political-polarisation

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👀 Out now in @voxdev.bsky.social! VoxDev senior eds. Cesi Cruz, @hlarreguy.bsky.social and @ernestotiburcio.bsky.social share a lit review on the causes and consequences of polarization. Read & download here: voxdev.org/voxdevlit/po...
Political Polarisation
Political polarisation has been rising sharply in both advanced and developing democracies, with implications for democratic accountability, institutional trust, and social cohesion. This VoxDevLit re...
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📢 Our new VoxDevLit on Political Polarisation is out now!

Senior Editors Cesi Cruz (University of Michigan) & Horacio Larreguy (ITAM) review research on the causes and consequences of polarisation.

Read & download here: https://voxdev.org/voxdevlit/political-polarisation

Reposted by Horacio Larreguy

📢 Political polarisation has been rising sharply in both advanced and developing democracies.

At our VoxDevLit launch event on October 27, Cesi Cruz and @hlarreguy.bsky.social will summarise research on the causes and consequences of polarisation.

Register➡️ cepr-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

So nice to this in print! Always a pleasure to work with José Ramón Enríquez @asimpser.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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🔍 #EconJob Research Assistant in Political Economy

You'll work w/ M. Montenegro @hlarreguy.bsky.social, J. Merilainen & N. Garviras

💡France-based—Toulouse ideal; remote OK; part/full-time
🧠 Advanced Stata skills + knowledge of Spanish preferred

Application: mateo.montenegro[at]tse-fr.eu

2/2 Conocimientos de Stata requeridos, español preferiblemente. Envía tu CV → mateo.montenegro@tse-fr.eu, horacio.larreguy@itam.mx, jaakko.merilainen@hhs.se, ngarbirasdiaz@hbs.edu. Enviaremos una breve prueba de Stata para verificar nivel.

1/2 Buscamos RA (con base en Francia—ideal Toulouse; remoto OK; medio tiempo o tiempo completo). Stata obligatorio. Proyectos en economía política (desinformación y capacidad estatal local) con
@hlarreguy.bsky.social
@jmerilainen.bsky.social
Natalia Garbiras Diaz
Mateo Montenegro

2/2 Contract for at least a year. Stata required, Spanish preferred. Send CV → mateo.montenegro@tse-fr.eu, horacio.larreguy@itam.mx, jaakko.merilainen@hhs.se, ngarbirasdiaz@hbs.edu. We’ll send a short Stata test to confirm proficiency.

1/2 We’re hiring a Research Assistant (France-based—Toulouse ideal; remote OK; part/full-time). Projects: experimental & quasi-experimental political economy on misinformation and local state capacity w/
@hlarreguy.bsky.social
@jmerilainen.bsky.social
Natalia Garbiras Diaz
Mateo montenegro_z
The School of Planning, Policy, and Environmental Studies at San José State University is hiring an Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies. We welcome applicants from all fields of environmental studies who apply an environmental justice lens to their work. jobs.sjsu.edu/sj/en-us/job...
San José State University - Details - Assistant Professor - Environmental Studies
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"Political brokers use social networks to identify & target reciprocal non-copartisans for vote buying. Parties recruit brokers central in networks to sway persuadable voters."

From @rduartegonzalez.bsky.social, Finan, @hlarreguy.bsky.social and Schechter:

www.restud.com/brokering-vo...

#Econsky
📣 We are excited (or should we say disgusted?) to announce the conference 'Disgust across borders' at IAST! @iast.fr

🗓️ Join us on Dec 4 & 5 for two days full of disgust research across species and disciplines.

Registration and abstract submission are open (until Aug 31): forms.gle/QBmkUB3aLDjY...
Recently accepted by #QJE, “Who You Gonna Call? Gender Inequality in External Demands for Parental Involvement,” by Buzard (@kbuzard7.bsky.social), Gee (@laurakgee.bsky.social), and Stoddard (@olgastoddard.bsky.social): doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
Who You Gonna Call? Gender Inequality in External Demands for Parental Involvement*
Abstract. Gender imbalance in time spent on child rearing causes gender inequalities in labor market outcomes, human capital accumulation, and economic mob
doi.org

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Inspired by this lineup? Join us at the IAST workshop.

✍️Register by 15/06: www.iast.fr/registration...

👉Organized with care by: A. Degrave, @dwingerfelix.bsky.social @haasvioleta.bsky.social @hlarreguy.bsky.social @giacomolem.bsky.social K. Michelitch, A. Ezzeldin Mohamed & @asimpser.bsky.social

<0 in Zimbabwe (doi.org/10.1017/S000... with Kevin Croke @guygrossman.bsky.social Grossman and John Marshall), >0 in Nigeria (doi.org/10.1162/REST... with John Marshall) and 0 in Senegal, unless there is democratic backsliding which turns it >0 (doi.org/10.1017/psrm... with @shelleyliu.bsky.social)
Deliberate Disengagement: How Education Can Decrease Political Participation in Electoral Authoritarian Regimes | American Political Science Review | Cambridge Core
Deliberate Disengagement: How Education Can Decrease Political Participation in Electoral Authoritarian Regimes - Volume 110 Issue 3
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I love this paper. It is a culmination (well, maybe there will be a book) of a long-time agenda on how regime type conditions the (causal!) effect of education on political participation. Within this paper, and across 3 papers, we show that there is an inverted-U relationship.
Deliberate Disengagement: How Education Can Decrease Political Participation in Electoral Authoritarian Regimes | American Political Science Review | Cambridge Core
Deliberate Disengagement: How Education Can Decrease Political Participation in Electoral Authoritarian Regimes - Volume 110 Issue 3
doi.org

www.dropbox.com/s/9bv6odlrcu...
We started it when Carlos was an undergraduate and Soeren a PhD student at @Harvard 2 PhDs, 2 PosDocs, and 4 jobs afterwards, it found a home!
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I still cannot believe that we finally got "Missionary Activity, Education, and Long-run Political Development: Evidence Across Regime Types in Africa" conditionally accepted at
@cpsjournal.bsky.social with @soerenhenn.bsky.social
and Carlos Schmidt-Padilla

Nice to see this in LAER's Special Issue on Experimental Economics! Thanks to Hernan Bejarano for the invitation submission! www.latinaer.org/index.php/la...
Does the Content and Mode of Delivery of Information Matter for Electoral Accountability? Evidence from a Field Experiment in Mexico | Latin American Economic Review
www.latinaer.org

ITAM Alumni Conference will take place on Friday, August 15. In addition, this year, the day after the Alumni conference, we are trying to organize a Friends of ITAM Political Economy workshop.

Unfortunately, we cannot cover transportation or lodging. However, we hope to see you in Mexico City!

Interested in participating in the Friends of ITAM Political Economy Workshop in Mexico City on August 16?
Please send us a paper to gomberg@itam.mx, H.Herrera@warwick.ac.uk, and horacio.larreguy@itam.mx. The submission deadline is May 23, and decisions will be communicated by June 2.

To facilitate research, for example, we have coded up incumbent and runner-up vote shares, an added the incumbent winning margin in the past municipal election. We really hope this sparks a lot of subnation research in Mexico as Francisco would have wanted.

The data, published in honor of the late Francisco Cantú, includes electoral results at the precinct level for all available Mexican municipal elections since 1994 until 2019 (although we are extending it until 2024).

Very happy to see this in press! It was a please to work with Bruno Calderón-Hernández John Marshall and José Luis Pérez-Castellanos
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Electoral precinct-level database for Mexican municipal elections - Scientific Data
Scientific Data - Electoral precinct-level database for Mexican municipal elections
www.nature.com

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🚨Finally in print: our (with Kiran Garimella) methods piece on how to do research on WhatsApp and collect WhatsApp data using donations.

"Whatsapp Explorer: A data donation tool to facilitate research on WhatsApp"

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