Inequality and Distributive Politics - IDP
@inqdp.bsky.social
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"
6/6 🧵In @polstudies.bsky.social, @rtpedersen.bsky.social & Hansen examine strategies to communicate municipal budget cuts with a survey experiment in 🇩🇰. Only justification (e.g. emphasizing trade-offs) reduces opposition, blaming others & numerical reframing do not work. doi.org/qcsh
November 6, 2025 at 5:37 PM
6/6 🧵In @polstudies.bsky.social, @rtpedersen.bsky.social & Hansen examine strategies to communicate municipal budget cuts with a survey experiment in 🇩🇰. Only justification (e.g. emphasizing trade-offs) reduces opposition, blaming others & numerical reframing do not work. doi.org/qcsh
5/6 🧵 In @thejop.bsky.social @pberamendi.bsky.social @aslicansunar.bsky.social & Duch research how the design of tax-&-transfer systems shapes people’s willingness to comply. They find that compliance isn’t only about fear but also who gains and who loses from the system. doi.org/qcs3
November 6, 2025 at 5:37 PM
5/6 🧵 In @thejop.bsky.social @pberamendi.bsky.social @aslicansunar.bsky.social & Duch research how the design of tax-&-transfer systems shapes people’s willingness to comply. They find that compliance isn’t only about fear but also who gains and who loses from the system. doi.org/qcs3
4/6 🧵In @apsrjournal.bsky.social, Incerti studies the revolving door for bureaucrats in🇯🇵. Firms hiring high ranking bureaucrats, particularly from finance-related ministries, receive more government loans and experience stock market gains. doi.org/qcsm
November 6, 2025 at 5:37 PM
4/6 🧵In @apsrjournal.bsky.social, Incerti studies the revolving door for bureaucrats in🇯🇵. Firms hiring high ranking bureaucrats, particularly from finance-related ministries, receive more government loans and experience stock market gains. doi.org/qcsm
3/6 🧵In SER, @robertmanduca.bsky.social & coauthors study how economic segregation & jurisdictional fragmentation overlap, leading to unequal tax bases b/w municipalities within a metro area. Admin & real estate data in 🇺🇸. Results show that there are many local tax havens in US. doi.org/qcsk
November 6, 2025 at 5:37 PM
3/6 🧵In SER, @robertmanduca.bsky.social & coauthors study how economic segregation & jurisdictional fragmentation overlap, leading to unequal tax bases b/w municipalities within a metro area. Admin & real estate data in 🇺🇸. Results show that there are many local tax havens in US. doi.org/qcsk
2/6 🧵In @electoralstudies.bsky.social, @fedetrastulli.bsky.social argues while left parties lost working-class votes between 2002-2020, those emphasizing cultural issues still attract working-class voters. Culture but not class explain workers’ support for the left. doi.org/qcs2
November 6, 2025 at 5:37 PM
2/6 🧵In @electoralstudies.bsky.social, @fedetrastulli.bsky.social argues while left parties lost working-class votes between 2002-2020, those emphasizing cultural issues still attract working-class voters. Culture but not class explain workers’ support for the left. doi.org/qcs2
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...
6/6 🧵In @thejop.bsky.social Scheve & @stasavage.bsky.social use time-series data for many countries, showing that democratization increases anti-trust legislation, but only in places with low inequality. doi.org/p76h
October 6, 2025 at 6:50 AM
6/6 🧵In @thejop.bsky.social Scheve & @stasavage.bsky.social use time-series data for many countries, showing that democratization increases anti-trust legislation, but only in places with low inequality. doi.org/p76h
5/6 🧵 In @polbehavior.bsky.social, @hanslueders.bsky.social ask, do exclusionary local policies change where immigrants want to live? Findings of 🇲🇽 immigrants in 🇺🇸 show they do but financial concerns often win and naturalized citizens respond due to discrimination and safety worries. doi.org/p76d
October 6, 2025 at 6:50 AM
5/6 🧵 In @polbehavior.bsky.social, @hanslueders.bsky.social ask, do exclusionary local policies change where immigrants want to live? Findings of 🇲🇽 immigrants in 🇺🇸 show they do but financial concerns often win and naturalized citizens respond due to discrimination and safety worries. doi.org/p76d
4/6 🧵In @poppublicsphere.bsky.social, @edwardgoldring.bsky.social, Schmid & Apaydin find blame-shifting (esp. force majeure) by autocrat backfires. Survey experiment: Erdogan’s approval dropped (6-8%) among upper class after the 2023 earthquake in 🇹🇷. doi.org/g93527
October 6, 2025 at 6:50 AM
4/6 🧵In @poppublicsphere.bsky.social, @edwardgoldring.bsky.social, Schmid & Apaydin find blame-shifting (esp. force majeure) by autocrat backfires. Survey experiment: Erdogan’s approval dropped (6-8%) among upper class after the 2023 earthquake in 🇹🇷. doi.org/g93527
3/6 🧵In @thejop.bsky.social, Meisels compares different measures of congressional candidates’ responsiveness in primaries. Text data from 🇺🇸. Results show that campaign platform data suggests more responsiveness and greater incentives for extremism than campaign finance data. doi.org/p76n
October 6, 2025 at 6:50 AM
3/6 🧵In @thejop.bsky.social, Meisels compares different measures of congressional candidates’ responsiveness in primaries. Text data from 🇺🇸. Results show that campaign platform data suggests more responsiveness and greater incentives for extremism than campaign finance data. doi.org/p76n
2/6 🧵In @politicalgeography.bsky.social, Willumsen examines preferences of MPs and voters for location of capitals in 🇩🇪, 🇦🇹 & 🇨🇭. All purely selfish, prefer close locations irrespective of national or state level capital. doi.org/p76k
October 6, 2025 at 6:50 AM
2/6 🧵In @politicalgeography.bsky.social, Willumsen examines preferences of MPs and voters for location of capitals in 🇩🇪, 🇦🇹 & 🇨🇭. All purely selfish, prefer close locations irrespective of national or state level capital. doi.org/p76k
6/6 🧵Shorrocks, Ralph-Morrow & de Geus in @bjpols.bsky.social study voter sexism and electoral penalties for women candidates. While they find no effect for voter sexism on support for women generally, they find that abstention is an electoral choice for sexist partisans in the USA. doi.org/p4qr
September 4, 2025 at 1:23 PM
6/6 🧵Shorrocks, Ralph-Morrow & de Geus in @bjpols.bsky.social study voter sexism and electoral penalties for women candidates. While they find no effect for voter sexism on support for women generally, they find that abstention is an electoral choice for sexist partisans in the USA. doi.org/p4qr
5/6 🧵In APSR, @alexanderhorn.bsky.social @klueserthan.bsky.social & Haselmayer study party manifesto response to income inequality in 12 OECD countries. Left parties mention economic inequality issues more when inequality increases, but not in higher inequality settings https://doi.org/g9zm39
September 4, 2025 at 1:23 PM
5/6 🧵In APSR, @alexanderhorn.bsky.social @klueserthan.bsky.social & Haselmayer study party manifesto response to income inequality in 12 OECD countries. Left parties mention economic inequality issues more when inequality increases, but not in higher inequality settings https://doi.org/g9zm39
4/6 🧵Using survey experiment, Magalhães et al (2025) in @ispp-pops.bsky.social show voters (in 🇵🇹) support weaker due process rights for corruption suspect from opposing party vs their own party. Out-group derogation prevails in-group favoritism in corruption evaluation. https://doi.org/p4qt
September 4, 2025 at 1:23 PM
4/6 🧵Using survey experiment, Magalhães et al (2025) in @ispp-pops.bsky.social show voters (in 🇵🇹) support weaker due process rights for corruption suspect from opposing party vs their own party. Out-group derogation prevails in-group favoritism in corruption evaluation. https://doi.org/p4qt
3/6 🧵Goerres & @jeicheler.bsky.social in @electoralstudies.bsky.social, use a solidarity game to study whether party alliance or left-right self-assessment predicts solidarity in 🇩🇪 & 🇦🇹. They find that left-right selfplacement predicts solidaric behaviour but depends on context. doi.org/p4qq
September 4, 2025 at 1:23 PM
3/6 🧵Goerres & @jeicheler.bsky.social in @electoralstudies.bsky.social, use a solidarity game to study whether party alliance or left-right self-assessment predicts solidarity in 🇩🇪 & 🇦🇹. They find that left-right selfplacement predicts solidaric behaviour but depends on context. doi.org/p4qq
2/6 🧵In @apsrjournal.bsky.social @jacklucas.bsky.social et al. compare politicians’ & citizens’ theories of voting with surveys in 11 countries. Evaluate 8 theoretical debates, e.g. sociotropic vs. pocketbook. Many differences. Politicians think voters more short-sighted & egoistic doi.org/g8rckv
September 4, 2025 at 1:23 PM
2/6 🧵In @apsrjournal.bsky.social @jacklucas.bsky.social et al. compare politicians’ & citizens’ theories of voting with surveys in 11 countries. Evaluate 8 theoretical debates, e.g. sociotropic vs. pocketbook. Many differences. Politicians think voters more short-sighted & egoistic doi.org/g8rckv
6/6 🧵In @bjpols.bsky.social, @nmalhotra.bsky.social and colleagues study small business owners (sbo) and their voting behaviour. They find that sbo’s are more likely to vote for right-wing parties, because of their experience, leading to conservative views on gov. regulation. https://doi.org/pz69
August 7, 2025 at 1:40 PM
6/6 🧵In @bjpols.bsky.social, @nmalhotra.bsky.social and colleagues study small business owners (sbo) and their voting behaviour. They find that sbo’s are more likely to vote for right-wing parties, because of their experience, leading to conservative views on gov. regulation. https://doi.org/pz69
5/6 🧵In @ajpseditor.bsky.social @luciamotoliniac.bsky.social Klašnja & @simonweschle.bsky.social show that higher pressures to spend in campaigns leads to a wealthier politician pool. Use data on MP wealth from 40 countries, & quasiexperimental evidence from 🇧🇷 & 🇨🇱 https://doi.org/pz7c
August 7, 2025 at 1:40 PM
5/6 🧵In @ajpseditor.bsky.social @luciamotoliniac.bsky.social Klašnja & @simonweschle.bsky.social show that higher pressures to spend in campaigns leads to a wealthier politician pool. Use data on MP wealth from 40 countries, & quasiexperimental evidence from 🇧🇷 & 🇨🇱 https://doi.org/pz7c
4/6 🧵In @electoralstudies.bsky.social Brännlund & @rafaelahlskog.bsky.social investigate causal effect of wealth on participation. Use twins & wealth registers in 🇸🇪. Results from twin pair FE models do not show effect on voting & effect on civic participation closer to negative doi.org/pz68
August 7, 2025 at 1:40 PM
4/6 🧵In @electoralstudies.bsky.social Brännlund & @rafaelahlskog.bsky.social investigate causal effect of wealth on participation. Use twins & wealth registers in 🇸🇪. Results from twin pair FE models do not show effect on voting & effect on civic participation closer to negative doi.org/pz68
3/6 🧵 In @cpsjournal.bsky.social, @alanjacobs.bsky.social & @markkayser.bsky.social analyze social status & far-right voting via ESS in West Europe 2002-2020. Downward intergeneration occupational mobility brings far-right voting, but upward mobility doesn't protect. doi.org/10.1177/001041402513496
August 7, 2025 at 1:40 PM
3/6 🧵 In @cpsjournal.bsky.social, @alanjacobs.bsky.social & @markkayser.bsky.social analyze social status & far-right voting via ESS in West Europe 2002-2020. Downward intergeneration occupational mobility brings far-right voting, but upward mobility doesn't protect. doi.org/10.1177/001041402513496
2/6 🧵in World Development, @mkjustesen.bsky.social @smidsina.bsky.social & Koob examine attitudes toward clientelistic & programmatic appeals with conjoint in 🇧🇷. Voters prefer programmatic offers but also hierarchy of cliententelist appeals: jobs preferred over cash. https://doi.org/pz7b
August 7, 2025 at 1:40 PM
2/6 🧵in World Development, @mkjustesen.bsky.social @smidsina.bsky.social & Koob examine attitudes toward clientelistic & programmatic appeals with conjoint in 🇧🇷. Voters prefer programmatic offers but also hierarchy of cliententelist appeals: jobs preferred over cash. https://doi.org/pz7b
6/6 🧵In @bjpols.bsky.social, @nmalhotra.bsky.social and colleagues study small business owners (sbo) and their voting behaviour. They find that sbo’s are more likely to vote for right-wing parties, because of their experience, leading to conservative views on gov. regulation. https://doi.org/pz69
August 7, 2025 at 1:39 PM
6/6 🧵In @bjpols.bsky.social, @nmalhotra.bsky.social and colleagues study small business owners (sbo) and their voting behaviour. They find that sbo’s are more likely to vote for right-wing parties, because of their experience, leading to conservative views on gov. regulation. https://doi.org/pz69
5/6 🧵In @ajpseditor.bsky.social @luciamotoliniac.bsky.social Klašnja & @simonweschle.bsky.social show that higher pressures to spend in campaigns leads to a wealthier politician pool. Use data on MP wealth from 40 countries, & quasiexperimental evidence from 🇧🇷 & 🇨🇱 https://doi.org/pz7c
August 7, 2025 at 1:39 PM
5/6 🧵In @ajpseditor.bsky.social @luciamotoliniac.bsky.social Klašnja & @simonweschle.bsky.social show that higher pressures to spend in campaigns leads to a wealthier politician pool. Use data on MP wealth from 40 countries, & quasiexperimental evidence from 🇧🇷 & 🇨🇱 https://doi.org/pz7c
4/6 🧵In @electoralstudies.bsky.social Brännlund & @rafaelahlskog.bsky.social investigate causal effect of wealth on participation. Use twins & wealth registers in 🇸🇪. Results from twin pair FE models do not show no effect on voting & effect on civic participation closer to negative doi.org/pz68
August 7, 2025 at 1:39 PM
4/6 🧵In @electoralstudies.bsky.social Brännlund & @rafaelahlskog.bsky.social investigate causal effect of wealth on participation. Use twins & wealth registers in 🇸🇪. Results from twin pair FE models do not show no effect on voting & effect on civic participation closer to negative doi.org/pz68