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Massimo Pulejo
@mpulejo.bsky.social
Political Economist | Assistant Professor of Economics, Roma Tre University | Research Fellow at CLEAN, Bocconi University | PhD from NYU

https://sites.google.com/nyu.edu/massimopulejo/home
Now out @jpube.bsky.social! In Italy, lower spending on immigrants by far-right mayors is met by a growth in social welfare volunteering by progressive citizens. Check it out! 👇

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
August 9, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Here is a workshop you should attend!
April 3, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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Great to see @mpulejo.bsky.social back in Milano presenting his new work!
February 19, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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Happy to share a new working paper "Calculation and Conscience: Motivations for the Substantive Representation of Ethnic Minorities" (with Stepahnie Zonszein, Apurav Bhatia and Will Dinneen). See osf.io/preprints/os...
January 9, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Happy and humbled to be awarded, alongside many colleagues, at Bocconi's 2024 Research Night. My project, generously funded by Fondazione Cariplo, studies the link b/w State's and civil society's actions against organized criminal groups.
November 27, 2024 at 6:52 PM
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#Polisky folks: Bocconi University is looking for AP in Environmental Politics & Policy 🌏

Offer: Great group of political scientists working at awesome social science university in a fabulous city 🙌

🚨 Deadline: 30th of November

Please share 🔁

Apply 🔗 & ℹ️ : jobmarket.unibocconi.eu?type=&dep=SPS
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November 23, 2024 at 7:53 AM
While the US voted for its nth White male President and the International Day Against Female Violence approaches, read coverage by Lavoce about our paper explaining why politics is a dangerous job for women.

lavoce.info/archives/106...

Download paper:

papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
La politica è un lavoro pericoloso per le donne | G. Daniele, G. Di Poppa e M. Pulejo
Il clima per le donne che agiscono in politica è ostile. La probabilità che una sindaca subisca violenze o intimidazioni è tripla rispetto a quella di un sindaco. Le scelte politiche c’entrano poco. S...
lavoce.info
November 22, 2024 at 11:07 AM
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Happy to share that our paper on why peripheral regions vote for the radical right is now out with the APSR: tinyurl.com/4zvv67d4

A quick thread on how this idea came along and developed within the last 5 years:
Wealth of Tongues: Why Peripheral Regions Vote for the Radical Right in Germany | American Political...
Wealth of Tongues: Why Peripheral Regions Vote for the Radical Right in Germany
tinyurl.com
October 25, 2023 at 11:28 AM
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Why do women occupy only a quarter of parliamentary seats around the world? In coauthored work, @gemmadipoppa.bsky.social explores the role of gendered violence against elected leaders. cepr.org/voxeu/column...
October 20, 2023 at 3:19 PM
Happening now, also live on YouTube: @gemmadipoppa.bsky.social presenting our paper on attacks on women in politics at @nber.bsky.social Political Economy Meeting. WATCH NOW at:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jXu...
October 20, 2023 at 1:15 PM
Vox EU summarizing our recent WP. For those who want to access the ungated version, it has changed location and it is now here:

papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Violence against female politicians
Women’s political participation remains low, with women occupying only a quarter of parliamentary seats around the world. This column explores one possible obstacle to political participation: femal...
cepr.org
October 17, 2023 at 1:25 PM
Could you please add me to the Polisky list @profmusgrave.bsky.social ? Thanks!
October 11, 2023 at 2:36 PM
Honored to present work on violence against female politicians (w/ @gemmadipoppa.bsky.social & Gianmarco Daniele) at this year's Transatlantic Workshop on the Economics of Crime. Thanks University of Michigan and CJARS for hosting me!
October 6, 2023 at 7:42 PM
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Monash Economics is hiring 👇
econjobmarket.org/positions/9878

"Monash is located in metropolitan Melbourne, a vibrant multi-cultural city of 5 million people. Melbourne is consistently rated by The Economist as among the world's most liveable cities."
October 5, 2023 at 10:36 PM
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***ASREC Graduate Student Workshop***

February 29-March 2, 2024
Chapman University
Orange, CA

An excellent introduction to the economics of religion by Jared Rubin, Jeanet Bentzen, Jean-Paul Carvalho & Avital Livny

Apply here by November 10: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
September 29, 2023 at 3:21 PM
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EuroWEPS VIII is here! We'll meet in Munich on Dec 15 to discuss designs/papers with a focus on causal inference. No presentations, just constructive discussions. Early career scholars are especially welcome to apply! Submission deadline is Oct 10.
September 21, 2023 at 9:54 AM
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Female politicians face an additional gender gap: they are 3️⃣ times more likely to experience violence while in office.

We study the reasons and consequences of violence in a new paper, summarized in this column cepr.org/voxeu/column...

With @mpulejo.bsky.social and Gianmarco Daniele
September 25, 2023 at 2:53 PM