Inequality and Distributive Politics - IDP

6/6 🧵In @ajpseditor.bsky.social @judgelord.bsky.social, @ellieneffpowell.bsky.social & Grimmer ask: when MPs gain power, do they prioritize constituency service or policy work? Massive database of 🇺🇸 MPs agency contacts. More powerful MPs prioritize policy, but keep service levels doi.org/qtvx

5/6 🧵In @bjpols.bsky.social, Cho, @miacosta.bsky.social & @yusakuhoriuchi.bsky.social study trade-offs between descriptive & partisan representation for Asian-Americans. Clear preference for partisanship over ethnicity. True co-ethnics preferred over pan-ethnic & cross-ethnic. doi.org/qtv8

4/6 🧵 In SER @sasemeeting.bsky.social Fastenrath & Marx show the “taboo” on taxing rich can be broken in the cases of 🇩🇪 & 🇬🇧, when policy entrepreneurs promote progressive taxation and when the right faces an economic trilemma between low taxes, balanced budgets & public investment. doi.org/qtv3

3/6 🧵In @psrm.bsky.social, Dias, Lucas & Scheffer study origins of conservative bias in politician perceptions of voters in 🇨🇦. Perceptions more accurate when asked about voter distributions instead of average voters; portion of bias in point estimates survey artefact of little https:/doi.org/qtv2

2/6 🧵In @jplaeditor.bsky.social Vommaro and Wills-Otero ask when do business actors enter party politics? Most different systems comparison; 🇦🇷 & 🇨🇴. In-depth elite interviews & process tracing. Other than perception of threat, positioning of conservative party serves as catalyst doi.org/qtvs

1/6 📰🧐 Research Digest February 2026 - business actors in party politics 🇦🇷 & 🇨🇴 - conservative bias in voter perception 🇨🇦 - broken “tax taboo” 🇩🇪 & 🇬🇧 - descriptive & substantive representation of Asian-Americans 🇺🇸 - prioritization of constituency service & policy work 🇺🇸

6/6 🧵In @bjpols.bsky.social Pedersen asks: how do voters rank politicians tasks? Relational & functional tasks framework + original voter surveys in 🇩🇰🇩🇪🇬🇧🇺🇸: Voters like both, but prefer functional to relational; but for vote choice functional tasks matter more in 🇩🇰🇩🇪 doi.org/qqjv

5/6 🧵In @wepsocial.bsky.social @mhaslberger.bsky.social @madselk.bsky.social & @benansell.bsky.social: homeownership is tied to political efficacy. While young renters may still expect to buy, older may won’t reach the property ladder & feel less politically included. Read here: doi.org/qqjx

4/6 🧵In @bjpols.bsky.social, @corinnakroeber.bsky.social and coauthors study gendered working conditions of ministers. Admin data & interviews in 🇩🇪🇦🇹🇪🇸🇩🇰🇧🇪. Results show that women ministers are subject to stricter legislative oversight because of gendered perceptions doi.org/qqjz

3/6 🧵In @thejop.bsky.social, Frey & Santarrosa study politization of bureaucracy in 🇧🇷 municipalities. An RDD shows that bureaucrats (but not voters) are more likely to join parties in the winning coalition. Effects stronger for those with more interactions with voters doi.org/qqjs

2/6 🧵In @cpsjournal.bsky.social Koob & Justesen study protest & public opinion in 🇿🇦. Observational & experimental data. Peaceful protest & blame attribution increases public support for protest & addressing grievances. In-group more likely to tolerate violent protest doi.org/qqjw

1/6 📰🧐 Research Digest January 2026 - Protest and public opinion in 🇿🇦 - politization of bureaucracy in 🇧🇷 - Gendered working conditions for ministers in 🇩🇪🇦🇹🇪🇸🇩🇰🇧🇪 - Homeownership and political efficacy - Voters preferences for politicians tasks in 🇩🇰 🇩🇪 🇬🇧 & the 🇺🇸

6/6 🧵Can MPs read “the public”? In @thejop.bsky.social, @simonotjes.bsky.social & @annerasmussen.bsky.social compare MPs' estimates of public opinion with actual opinion on policy. They find reps project their own views onto the public, while business ties have little effect. doi.org/qm5q

5/6 🧵In JEPP, @alexanderhorn.bsky.social & co-authors study equality & party competition. Text & election data in 🇦🇺🇩🇰🇩🇪🇸🇪🇨🇭🇬🇧. Show center-left parties can gain votes by emphasizing econ. equality & equal rights, postmaterialist left parties only by emphasizing the latter. doi.org/qm52

4/6 🧵In @bjpols.bsky.social Hope @julianlimberg.bsky.social & @lhaffert.bsky.social conduct a survey experiment in 🇺🇸. Informing about (the low) taxes paid by the super-rich not only increases willingness to tax them, but also reduces support for taxing middle class doi.org/qm53

3/6 🧵 In German politics, @robrentrop.bsky.social finds that Bundestag MPs aged 31–40 were significantly more likely to raise youth issues (2013–17), regardless of election mode or tenure. One of the first empirical tests that more young MPs increases youth engagement. doi:10/qm6m

2/6 🧵In Turkish Studies, Aytac et al show electorate is very polarized prior to 2013 election in 🇹🇷 - HDP and AKP voters are most polarized. Governing AKP maintained affective polarization to secure votes, which undermines democratic accountability doi.org/qm6k

1/6 📰🧐 Research Digest December 2025 - Affective polarization in 🇹🇷 - Public support for taxing the super-rich in the 🇺🇸 - Young MPs’ issue focus in 🇩🇪 - Support for left parties in 🇦🇺🇩🇰🇩🇪🇸🇪🇨🇭🇬🇧 - MPs' estimates of public opinion in 🇩🇰 & the 🇳🇱

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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6/6 🧵In @electoralstudies.bsky.social, @joshgoddard98.bsky.social studies influence of homeownerhip on voting behavior. Housing & election data from 14 countries. Results show homeowners are increasingly more likely to vote for center-right parties & renters for radical left parties. doi.org/qh8v

5/6 🧵 In @ejprjournal.bsky.social Pitsch & Wenzelburger estimate MP response to lobbying using randomized response technique to elicit honest answers by ensuring anonymity. Anonymity ensured by lumping answers with yes answers to other questions. Find small response to lobbying doi.org/qh8r

4/6 🧵In @poppublicsphere.bsky.social Short, @sophieehill.bsky.social & Brown advance theory of ideological capture (IC). Use 🇺🇸 antitrust policy case with original survey of citizens & lawyers. Among others, IC characterized by cleavage in policy support between experts & public doi.org/qh8p

3/6 🧵 In @ejprjournal.bsky.social, M. R. Eidheim expands class-based grievance to spatial perception of redistribution & deservingness. Via 3 survey experiments, she shows rural/working-class voters believe urban areas get disproportionate resources in 🇳🇴. doi.org/qjgz

2/6 🧵In @spsr.bsky.social, @awenig.bsky.social studies drivers of biases of politicians' perceptions of public opinion in favor of the rich. Matching elite & citizen surveys in 🇨🇭. Strong bias on economic issues driven by politician occupational background not lobby contact. doi.org/qh8t

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

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

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