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VoxDev @voxdev.bsky.social · 1d

📢 Political polarisation has been rising sharply in both advanced and developing democracies.

At our VoxDevLit launch event on October 27, Cesi Cruz and @hlarreguy.bsky.social will summarise research on the causes and consequences of polarisation.

Register➡️ cepr-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Horacio Larreguy @hlarreguy.bsky.social · 6d

So nice to this in print! Always a pleasure to work with José Ramón Enríquez @asimpser.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) @tse-fr.eu · 21d

🔍 #EconJob Research Assistant in Political Economy

You'll work w/ M. Montenegro @hlarreguy.bsky.social, J. Merilainen & N. Garviras

💡France-based—Toulouse ideal; remote OK; part/full-time
🧠 Advanced Stata skills + knowledge of Spanish preferred

Application: mateo.montenegro[at]tse-fr.eu

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Dustin Mulvaney @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social · 22d

The School of Planning, Policy, and Environmental Studies at San José State University is hiring an Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies. We welcome applicants from all fields of environmental studies who apply an environmental justice lens to their work. jobs.sjsu.edu/sj/en-us/job...

San José State University - Details - Assistant Professor - Environmental Studies

jobs.sjsu.edu

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Horacio Larreguy @hlarreguy.bsky.social · 21d

2/2 Conocimientos de Stata requeridos, español preferiblemente. Envía tu CV → [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]. Enviaremos una breve prueba de Stata para verificar nivel.

Horacio Larreguy @hlarreguy.bsky.social · 21d

1/2 Buscamos RA (con base en Francia—ideal Toulouse; remoto OK; medio tiempo o tiempo completo). Stata obligatorio. Proyectos en economía política (desinformación y capacidad estatal local) con
@hlarreguy.bsky.social
@jmerilainen.bsky.social
Natalia Garbiras Diaz
Mateo Montenegro

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Horacio Larreguy @hlarreguy.bsky.social · 21d

2/2 Contract for at least a year. Stata required, Spanish preferred. Send CV → [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]. We’ll send a short Stata test to confirm proficiency.

Horacio Larreguy @hlarreguy.bsky.social · 21d

1/2 We’re hiring a Research Assistant (France-based—Toulouse ideal; remote OK; part/full-time). Projects: experimental & quasi-experimental political economy on misinformation and local state capacity w/
@hlarreguy.bsky.social
@jmerilainen.bsky.social
Natalia Garbiras Diaz
Mateo montenegro_z

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The Review of Economic Studies (REStud) @reveconstudies.bsky.social · Aug 22

"Political brokers use social networks to identify & target reciprocal non-copartisans for vote buying. Parties recruit brokers central in networks to sway persuadable voters."

From @rduartegonzalez.bsky.social, Finan, @hlarreguy.bsky.social and Schechter:

www.restud.com/brokering-vo...

#Econsky

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IASToulouse @iast.fr · Jul 2

📅Let's meet on Dec 4 & 5 to ̶d̶i̶s̶g̶u̶s̶t̶ discuss about Disgust accross borders, a theme that's anything but tasteless !

👃 As you'll see very soon, the program is still appetizing.

⬇️Interested in presenting? Subdmissions are now open!⬇️
@cmolho.bsky.social @csarabian.bsky.social @atognetti.bsky.social

Catherine Molho @cmolho.bsky.social · Jul 2

📣 We are excited (or should we say disgusted?) to announce the conference 'Disgust across borders' at IAST! @iast.fr

🗓️ Join us on Dec 4 & 5 for two days full of disgust research across species and disciplines.

Registration and abstract submission are open (until Aug 31): forms.gle/QBmkUB3aLDjY...

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The Quarterly Journal of Economics @qjeharvard.bsky.social · Jun 12

Recently accepted by #QJE, “Who You Gonna Call? Gender Inequality in External Demands for Parental Involvement,” by Buzard (@kbuzard7.bsky.social), Gee (@laurakgee.bsky.social), and Stoddard (@olgastoddard.bsky.social): doi.org/10.1093/qje/...

Who You Gonna Call? Gender Inequality in External Demands for Parental Involvement*

Abstract. Gender imbalance in time spent on child rearing causes gender inequalities in labor market outcomes, human capital accumulation, and economic mob

doi.org

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IASToulouse @iast.fr · Jun 6

Inspired by this lineup? Join us at the IAST workshop.

✍️Register by 15/06: www.iast.fr/registration...

👉Organized with care by: A. Degrave, @dwingerfelix.bsky.social @haasvioleta.bsky.social @hlarreguy.bsky.social @giacomolem.bsky.social K. Michelitch, A. Ezzeldin Mohamed & @asimpser.bsky.social

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Horacio Larreguy @hlarreguy.bsky.social · May 11

<0 in Zimbabwe (doi.org/10.1017/S000... with Kevin Croke @guygrossman.bsky.social Grossman and John Marshall), >0 in Nigeria (doi.org/10.1162/REST... with John Marshall) and 0 in Senegal, unless there is democratic backsliding which turns it >0 (doi.org/10.1017/psrm... with @shelleyliu.bsky.social)

Deliberate Disengagement: How Education Can Decrease Political Participation in Electoral Authoritarian Regimes | American Political Science Review | Cambridge Core

Deliberate Disengagement: How Education Can Decrease Political Participation in Electoral Authoritarian Regimes - Volume 110 Issue 3

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Horacio Larreguy @hlarreguy.bsky.social · May 11

I love this paper. It is a culmination (well, maybe there will be a book) of a long-time agenda on how regime type conditions the (causal!) effect of education on political participation. Within this paper, and across 3 papers, we show that there is an inverted-U relationship.

Deliberate Disengagement: How Education Can Decrease Political Participation in Electoral Authoritarian Regimes | American Political Science Review | Cambridge Core

Deliberate Disengagement: How Education Can Decrease Political Participation in Electoral Authoritarian Regimes - Volume 110 Issue 3

doi.org

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Horacio Larreguy @hlarreguy.bsky.social · May 11

www.dropbox.com/s/9bv6odlrcu...
We started it when Carlos was an undergraduate and Soeren a PhD student at @Harvard 2 PhDs, 2 PosDocs, and 4 jobs afterwards, it found a home!

www.dropbox.com

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Horacio Larreguy @hlarreguy.bsky.social · May 11

I still cannot believe that we finally got "Missionary Activity, Education, and Long-run Political Development: Evidence Across Regime Types in Africa" conditionally accepted at
@cpsjournal.bsky.social with @soerenhenn.bsky.social
and Carlos Schmidt-Padilla

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Horacio Larreguy @hlarreguy.bsky.social · May 9

Nice to see this in LAER's Special Issue on Experimental Economics! Thanks to Hernan Bejarano for the invitation submission! www.latinaer.org/index.php/la...

Does the Content and Mode of Delivery of Information Matter for Electoral Accountability? Evidence from a Field Experiment in Mexico | Latin American Economic Review

www.latinaer.org

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Simon Chauchard @simonchauchard.bsky.social · Mar 31

🚨Finally in print: our (with Kiran Garimella) methods piece on how to do research on WhatsApp and collect WhatsApp data using donations.

"Whatsapp Explorer: A data donation tool to facilitate research on WhatsApp"

journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

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Horacio Larreguy @hlarreguy.bsky.social · Apr 21

ITAM Alumni Conference will take place on Friday, August 15. In addition, this year, the day after the Alumni conference, we are trying to organize a Friends of ITAM Political Economy workshop.

Unfortunately, we cannot cover transportation or lodging. However, we hope to see you in Mexico City!

Horacio Larreguy @hlarreguy.bsky.social · Apr 21

Interested in participating in the Friends of ITAM Political Economy Workshop in Mexico City on August 16?
Please send us a paper to [email protected], [email protected], and [email protected]. The submission deadline is May 23, and decisions will be communicated by June 2.

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Horacio Larreguy @hlarreguy.bsky.social · Apr 18

Very happy to see this with @piaraffler.bsky.social in press www.annualreviews.org/content/jour... It was a great excuse to go back to interacting more often as in our good old times at @harvard.edu

Accountability in Developing Democracies: The Impact of the Internet, Social Media, and Polarization | Annual Reviews

This article reviews the recent literature on accountability in developing democracies through the lens of two nested principal–agent problems: the relationship between voters and elected politicians ...

www.annualreviews.org

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The Review of Economic Studies (REStud) @reveconstudies.bsky.social · Mar 20

"National Elections Database," including the results of 1,023 presidential and 2,962 parliamentary elections conducted worldwide since 1946!
From @vinpons.bsky.social, Marx and Rollet.

The companion paper: www.restud.com/electoral-tu...

#EconSky #Elections

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Horacio Larreguy @hlarreguy.bsky.social · Apr 7

You can access the data both in
Zenodo
zenodo.org/records/1499...
and Github
github.com/brunocaldero...

Electoral precinct-level database for Mexican municipal elections

This dataset is a resource for analyzing political competition and electoral dynamics in Mexico, focusing on precinct-level municipal election data. It includes vote shares for incumbents, runner-ups,...

zenodo.org

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Horacio Larreguy @hlarreguy.bsky.social · Apr 7

To facilitate research, for example, we have coded up incumbent and runner-up vote shares, an added the incumbent winning margin in the past municipal election. We really hope this sparks a lot of subnation research in Mexico as Francisco would have wanted.

Horacio Larreguy @hlarreguy.bsky.social · Apr 7

The data, published in honor of the late Francisco Cantú, includes electoral results at the precinct level for all available Mexican municipal elections since 1994 until 2019 (although we are extending it until 2024).