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alcocerjj.bsky.social
José Javier
@alcocerjj.bsky.social
USC PhD Candidate | USC Price & CSULB Alumnus | Legislative Institutions & Computational Social Science | Incepto ne desistam | https://alcocer-jj.github.io
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What is the effect of primary election system reform on legislatures? At #EPSA @Charles III U. in Madrid, @alcocerjj.bsky.social and I theorize and show election reforms increase ideological diversity in legislatures, with findings strongest among Democrats. #EPSA2025
June 26, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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Facing institutional barriers to sponsoring bills in Congress, newly elected minority representatives cosponsor far more than their non-minority counterparts finds @alcocerjj.bsky.social of Harvard Law School

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Facing institutional barriers to sponsoring bills in Congress, newly elected minority representatives cosponsor far more than their non-minority counterparts | USAPP
In the US Congress, a key signal of a legislator’s effectiveness is their sponsorship of bills, but minority representatives, particularly women of color, often face institutional and informal barrier...
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June 6, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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Photo from this year's USC graduation! 2025 PhD graduates @alcocerjj.bsky.social & @rcenteno.bsky.social alongside 2023 Phd @nicholasnapolio.bsky.social, who was visiting campus! Jose is off to Harvard, Raquel is off to Caltech, and Nico is tenure-track at UC, Riverside! #USCgrad
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May 16, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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Congrats to @rcenteno.bsky.social and @alcocerjj.bsky.social on graduating with PhDs today! @usc.edu #USCgrad
May 14, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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Huge congrats to @alcocerjj.bsky.social! Dr. Jose Alcocer successfully defended his PhD dissertation "Three Essays on Race, Gender, & Institutional Constraints Shaping Representation in U.S. Legislatures."
Thx @nicduquette.bsky.social, Jeb Barnes & Pablo Barbera! @usc.edu @dornsife.usc.edu
May 9, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Ever wonder how marginalized legislators respond to institutional barriers? I use synthetic DID to show that race & gender shape bill cosponsorship as an adaptation, with minority legislators cosponsoring more than their white counterparts. REP meets causal inference. Open-access & live now!
#OpenAccess from the Journal of Race, Ethnicity & Politics -

Minority Legislators Sponsor and Cosponsor Differently from White Legislators: Causal Evidence from U.S. Congress - cup.org/3Gupaoh

- @alcocerjj.bsky.social

#JREP10
April 29, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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a useful thing to ask is how specifically does a rule or regulation or order go from issuance to implementation. for instance, trump has said that he will issue an executive order denying birth certificates and SSNs to the children of undocumented immigrants. okay. what happens next?
December 9, 2024 at 12:42 AM
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Also a reminder that we should study elite behavior more
October 17, 2023 at 7:05 PM