Inequality and Distributive Politics - IDP
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The IDP is a research group at ZfK & IfP, University of Marburg, Germany. In our website (https://inq-dp.eu/) you can find more about us, our research, & our outreach activities, including the "Maps of Inequality in Marburg"
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In the third episode of podcast series, Benjamin Ashworth and Stephen Ramsay (University of Strathclyde) discuss politicians' occupational backgrounds in Latin America and Europe, exploring which professions they come from and how career paths differ across regions. wealthpolicies.eu/podcast-no-3...
Podcast No. 3 Jobs and Occupation | politics and wealth reproduction
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January 30, 2026 at 2:41 PM
In the third episode of podcast series, Benjamin Ashworth and Stephen Ramsay (University of Strathclyde) discuss politicians' occupational backgrounds in Latin America and Europe, exploring which professions they come from and how career paths differ across regions. wealthpolicies.eu/podcast-no-3...
Last week we welcomed @heikekluever.bsky.social to talk about "Who Becomes a Lobbyist?" — a comparative look at career pathways, networks, and the role of institutional differences that shape political influence in Germany & the U.S. Thanks to everyone for the lively Q&A!
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Events – Inequality and Distributive Politics
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January 26, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Last week we welcomed @heikekluever.bsky.social to talk about "Who Becomes a Lobbyist?" — a comparative look at career pathways, networks, and the role of institutional differences that shape political influence in Germany & the U.S. Thanks to everyone for the lively Q&A!
inq-dp.eu/index.php/ev...
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1/6 📰🧐 Research Digest November 2025 - Politician background and biased perceptions in 🇨🇭 - Redistribution and Deservingness between places/people 🇳🇴 - Ideological capture in the 🇺🇸 - Honest MP responses to lobbying in 🇩🇪 - Homeownership & voting behavior
December 14, 2025 at 10:36 AM
1/6 📰🧐 Research Digest November 2025 - Politician background and biased perceptions in 🇨🇭 - Redistribution and Deservingness between places/people 🇳🇴 - Ideological capture in the 🇺🇸 - Honest MP responses to lobbying in 🇩🇪 - Homeownership & voting behavior
1/6 📰🧐 Research Digest October 2025 - Left parties and working class support - Tax base inequality in 🇺🇸 - Revolving door in 🇯🇵 - Tax Compliance in 🇨🇱 - framing budget cuts in 🇩🇰
November 6, 2025 at 5:37 PM
1/6 📰🧐 Research Digest October 2025 - Left parties and working class support - Tax base inequality in 🇺🇸 - Revolving door in 🇯🇵 - Tax Compliance in 🇨🇱 - framing budget cuts in 🇩🇰
Kickoff done! “Marburger Stadtgespräch” & Future of Democracy (Mon, 20 Oct). @leaelsaesser.bsky.social on working-class political careers, the role of trade unions, and contrasts with uni graduates. Thanks also to our engaged audience for a great discussion! More: tinyurl.com/e3pyhstd
October 24, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Kickoff done! “Marburger Stadtgespräch” & Future of Democracy (Mon, 20 Oct). @leaelsaesser.bsky.social on working-class political careers, the role of trade unions, and contrasts with uni graduates. Thanks also to our engaged audience for a great discussion! More: tinyurl.com/e3pyhstd
Join us on Monday, Oct 20 (18:30–20:00) with @leaelsaesser.bsky.social for “Wer sitzt (nicht) im Parlament? Wahlen und ungleiche Repräsentation im Bundestag?” opening our Money & Politics public series in Marburg. Venue: Historischer Rathaussaal. Talks in German. More: inq-dp.eu/index.php/ev...
October 17, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Join us on Monday, Oct 20 (18:30–20:00) with @leaelsaesser.bsky.social for “Wer sitzt (nicht) im Parlament? Wahlen und ungleiche Repräsentation im Bundestag?” opening our Money & Politics public series in Marburg. Venue: Historischer Rathaussaal. Talks in German. More: inq-dp.eu/index.php/ev...
1/6 📰🧐 Research Digest September 2025 - Choosing capital cities in 🇩🇪, 🇦🇹 & 🇨🇭 - Primary responsiveness in 🇺🇸 - Populist blameshifting backfires in 🇹🇷 - Effects of local policies on internal migration - Inequality, democracy and anti-trust legislation
October 6, 2025 at 6:50 AM
1/6 📰🧐 Research Digest September 2025 - Choosing capital cities in 🇩🇪, 🇦🇹 & 🇨🇭 - Primary responsiveness in 🇺🇸 - Populist blameshifting backfires in 🇹🇷 - Effects of local policies on internal migration - Inequality, democracy and anti-trust legislation
1/6 📰🧐 Research Digest August 2025 - Politician beliefs about voters - Self-assessment and solidaric behaviour - Voters’ evaluation of politicians’ corruption - Inequality and party manifestoes in OECD - Voter sexism and women candidates
September 4, 2025 at 1:23 PM
1/6 📰🧐 Research Digest August 2025 - Politician beliefs about voters - Self-assessment and solidaric behaviour - Voters’ evaluation of politicians’ corruption - Inequality and party manifestoes in OECD - Voter sexism and women candidates
1/6 📰🧐 Research Digest July 2025 - Clientelistic and progrmmatic appeals in 🇧🇷 - Social status & far-right voting in Western Europe - Absence of causal effect of wealth on political participation in 🇸🇪 - High campaign costs and wealthy politicians - The politics of small business owners
August 7, 2025 at 1:40 PM
1/6 📰🧐 Research Digest July 2025 - Clientelistic and progrmmatic appeals in 🇧🇷 - Social status & far-right voting in Western Europe - Absence of causal effect of wealth on political participation in 🇸🇪 - High campaign costs and wealthy politicians - The politics of small business owners
1/6 📰🧐 Research Digest June 2025 - Motivations for campaign contributions in 🇨🇴 - Abolition of compulsory voting in 🏴- Policy ideas and law-making in the 🇺🇸 - Teenagers’ political efficacy in the 🇳🇱 - NIMBYism in 🇨🇭
July 7, 2025 at 9:07 AM
1/6 📰🧐 Research Digest June 2025 - Motivations for campaign contributions in 🇨🇴 - Abolition of compulsory voting in 🏴- Policy ideas and law-making in the 🇺🇸 - Teenagers’ political efficacy in the 🇳🇱 - NIMBYism in 🇨🇭
1/6 📰🧐 Politician quality in 🇮🇳 - Economic deprivation & right-wing support in Western Countries - Campaign limits and organized interests in 🇧🇷 - Perceptions of immigrant integration & support for redistribution in high-income countries- No political ambition class gaps in the Americas
June 5, 2025 at 4:50 PM
1/6 📰🧐 Politician quality in 🇮🇳 - Economic deprivation & right-wing support in Western Countries - Campaign limits and organized interests in 🇧🇷 - Perceptions of immigrant integration & support for redistribution in high-income countries- No political ambition class gaps in the Americas
1/6 📰🧐 Research Digest April 2025 - Pledge Fulfillment in 🇨🇦 🇦🇹 🇨🇿 🇸🇰 🇸🇪 - Geographic representation in 🇩🇪 - Unequal responsiveness in 🇪🇺 - Housing crisis in 🇵🇹 - Subjective local inequality in 🇺🇸
May 8, 2025 at 4:21 PM
1/6 📰🧐 Research Digest April 2025 - Pledge Fulfillment in 🇨🇦 🇦🇹 🇨🇿 🇸🇰 🇸🇪 - Geographic representation in 🇩🇪 - Unequal responsiveness in 🇪🇺 - Housing crisis in 🇵🇹 - Subjective local inequality in 🇺🇸
Maps upgrade! 🗺️ We expanded our maps of inequality page to include additional data on the spatial distribution of election results, rent prices, and education levels across Marburg. Explore: inq-dp.eu/index.php/ma...
April 14, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Maps upgrade! 🗺️ We expanded our maps of inequality page to include additional data on the spatial distribution of election results, rent prices, and education levels across Marburg. Explore: inq-dp.eu/index.php/ma...
New Blog Post! 📝 Oliver Platt writes about the concept of class and its importance for regional inequality and voting behavior. To illustrate, the post includes interactive maps and data plots 🗺️📊 Read more: inq-dp.eu/index.php/20...
Why Class Still Matters – Inequality and Distributive Politics
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April 8, 2025 at 8:23 AM
New Blog Post! 📝 Oliver Platt writes about the concept of class and its importance for regional inequality and voting behavior. To illustrate, the post includes interactive maps and data plots 🗺️📊 Read more: inq-dp.eu/index.php/20...
1/6 📰🧐 Research Digest March 2025 - lockdowns and support for Trump in the US - left parties and redistribution - electoral role of candidate education - tax preferences in Latin America - City councillors’ roll-call voting in Chicago and Toronto
April 3, 2025 at 1:59 PM
1/6 📰🧐 Research Digest March 2025 - lockdowns and support for Trump in the US - left parties and redistribution - electoral role of candidate education - tax preferences in Latin America - City councillors’ roll-call voting in Chicago and Toronto
1/6 📰🧐 Research Digest February 2025 - Genetics & political participation in 🇺🇸🇸🇪 - Historical formation of african borders - Colonial mapmaking & ethnic identity - Occupational backgrounds of MPs in 🇩🇪 🇺🇸 🇸🇪 - Economic inequality & right-wing support in 🇸🇪 (1/1)
March 21, 2025 at 7:32 AM
1/6 📰🧐 Research Digest February 2025 - Genetics & political participation in 🇺🇸🇸🇪 - Historical formation of african borders - Colonial mapmaking & ethnic identity - Occupational backgrounds of MPs in 🇩🇪 🇺🇸 🇸🇪 - Economic inequality & right-wing support in 🇸🇪 (1/1)
New blog post series! 📝 As the federal elections in Germany approach, we’re excited to share a series of three blog posts on topics related to the election. All three posts are written by students from one of Eva Wegner’s courses. Read more: inq-dp.eu/index.php/bl...
Blog – Inequality and Distributive Politics
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February 21, 2025 at 5:13 PM
New blog post series! 📝 As the federal elections in Germany approach, we’re excited to share a series of three blog posts on topics related to the election. All three posts are written by students from one of Eva Wegner’s courses. Read more: inq-dp.eu/index.php/bl...
1/6 📰🧐 IDP Research Digest January 2025 - Political responsiveness in 🇩🇰 & 🇳🇱 - Populist parties & congruence in 🇩🇪🇳🇱🇮🇹🇸🇪 - Effect of income on turnout in 🇳🇴 - Returns to office in 🇩🇰 - Electoral effects of coal phase-outs in 🇩🇪
February 13, 2025 at 2:18 PM
1/6 📰🧐 IDP Research Digest January 2025 - Political responsiveness in 🇩🇰 & 🇳🇱 - Populist parties & congruence in 🇩🇪🇳🇱🇮🇹🇸🇪 - Effect of income on turnout in 🇳🇴 - Returns to office in 🇩🇰 - Electoral effects of coal phase-outs in 🇩🇪
1/6 📰🧐 Research Digest December 2024 - Responsiveness to poor people in 🇧🇪🇩🇪🇨🇦🇨🇭 - Rental market risk and radical right support in 🇩🇪 - Exploitation of migrants in 🇮🇹 - Perceptions of social mobility in 🇪🇺 - Electoral incentives for public housing in 🇩🇪
January 10, 2025 at 2:31 PM
1/6 📰🧐 Research Digest December 2024 - Responsiveness to poor people in 🇧🇪🇩🇪🇨🇦🇨🇭 - Rental market risk and radical right support in 🇩🇪 - Exploitation of migrants in 🇮🇹 - Perceptions of social mobility in 🇪🇺 - Electoral incentives for public housing in 🇩🇪
📰🧐 Research Digest November 2024 - Local portfolios in 🇩🇪 municipalities - Support for radical right in rural 🇵🇹 - Attitudes towards disaster assistance in the 🇺🇸 - Election timing and minority candidate success in California - Politicians’ theories of elections and voting
December 9, 2024 at 2:36 PM
📰🧐 Research Digest November 2024 - Local portfolios in 🇩🇪 municipalities - Support for radical right in rural 🇵🇹 - Attitudes towards disaster assistance in the 🇺🇸 - Election timing and minority candidate success in California - Politicians’ theories of elections and voting
1/6 📰🧐 Research Digest October 2024 - Gender quotas & political knowledge - Socioeconomic status self-deception - Preferences for models of representation - Policy congruence & knowledge - Procedural knowledge of local politicians
November 18, 2024 at 9:17 AM
1/6 📰🧐 Research Digest October 2024 - Gender quotas & political knowledge - Socioeconomic status self-deception - Preferences for models of representation - Policy congruence & knowledge - Procedural knowledge of local politicians
2/6 🧵In EJPR, @gventurini.bsky.social studies the effect of quotas on political knowledge with quasi-experimental design. Finds that introduction of quotas in Western Europe has strong effect on closing gender gap in political knowledge for young women by around 30% tinyurl.com/5n9byyre
November 18, 2024 at 9:16 AM
2/6 🧵In EJPR, @gventurini.bsky.social studies the effect of quotas on political knowledge with quasi-experimental design. Finds that introduction of quotas in Western Europe has strong effect on closing gender gap in political knowledge for young women by around 30% tinyurl.com/5n9byyre
3/6 🧵 In PP Melita, Alcañiz‐Colomer, Matamoros‐Lima, Ríos & Moya study how overestimating one’s SES affects attitudes. Using several surveys (ISSP & in 🇨🇱🇪🇸🇺🇸) they find that it leads to more system justification and less support for redistribution doi.org/nq7n
November 18, 2024 at 9:16 AM
3/6 🧵 In PP Melita, Alcañiz‐Colomer, Matamoros‐Lima, Ríos & Moya study how overestimating one’s SES affects attitudes. Using several surveys (ISSP & in 🇨🇱🇪🇸🇺🇸) they find that it leads to more system justification and less support for redistribution doi.org/nq7n
4/6🧵 In EJPR, Mongrain, Junions & Brack study congruence in representational style between citizens & MPs across 13 countries. MPs prefer trusteeship whereas citizens’ preferences are concentrated between the two extremes. Citizens' preferences are driven by ideology, but not MPs’ doi.org/nq7m
November 18, 2024 at 9:15 AM
4/6🧵 In EJPR, Mongrain, Junions & Brack study congruence in representational style between citizens & MPs across 13 countries. MPs prefer trusteeship whereas citizens’ preferences are concentrated between the two extremes. Citizens' preferences are driven by ideology, but not MPs’ doi.org/nq7m