This paper studies the effects of economic distress on support for radical right parties. Using
Swedish election data, I show that one layoff notice among low-skilled native-born workers …

In Sweden, the anti-establishment party, the Sweden Democrats, has seen growing support
in the past four parliamentary elections. This rise is thought to be part of a broader trend …

What are the distributional consequences of migration, and how do they affect attitudes
toward migration? In this paper we leverage a natural experiment generated by the ousting …

In addition to immigration grievances, research shows that radical right voters grieve societal
developments regarding gender equality and sexual freedom. Adding to research treating …

An extensive literature links the rise of populist radical right (PRR) parties to immigration. We
argue that another demographic trend is also significant: Emigration. The departure of …

I surveyed the universe of recent applicants to the Indonesian civil service to study the
effects of high-stakes examinations on political attitudes. Leveraging applicants' scores on …

Much opposition to migration centers on worries that migrants are too culturally and socially
different from the host population, that they will fail to integrate, or that they will change the …

Do perceptions of migrants' politics affect their reception? The overlap between ethnicity and
partisanship often makes it difficult to disentangle the role of political identity. We leverage a …

While there is almost unanimous consent among scientists that climate change is real and
has detrimental consequences, there is a sizable number of people who are skeptical …

Labor unions' greatest potential for political influence likely arises from their direct
connection to millions of individuals at the workplace. There, they may change the …