@ccavaille
Polisci, political econ. of redistribution, membership politics, measurement, insurance, free riding perceptions, in no special order. Looking for a book titled "Fair Enough?" ? Here it is 👇 https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009366038 https://a.co/d/b6yL5d3
Just wanted to share my excitement: I have a few days planned in London where I will get to talk about research with a bunch of incredible scholars, followed by plans to hang out in pubs with myself and a book, listen to some live music and enjoy my time in this half homecountry of mine. 🇬🇧🍺🎤🎶🎸
These are the Frank books I have in mind (great for UG teaching):
www.amazon.fr/Darwin-Econo...
www.amazon.com/Winner-Take-...
Interesting papers and posts on AI. Robert Frank is about to get very fashionable (again?).
Social Dynamics of AI Adoption --> www.nber.org/papers/w34488
causalinf.substack.com/p/claude-cod...
For colleagues in the London area: next week (6-7 March), we're hosting the annual LSE Behavioural Political Economy Workshop at @lsegovernment.bsky.social together with @florianfoos.bsky.social and @thchau.bsky.social. If you'd like to come, please sign up here: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/uxaAx17DHq
We're excited to welcome an outstanding speaker lineup featuring @danbischof.bsky.social, @mariacarreri.bsky.social, @ccavaille.bsky.social, @aeggers.bsky.social, @michaeleldar.bsky.social, @haasvioleta.bsky.social, Carlo Horz, Korhan Koçak and @aykutozturk.bsky.social 💫
Also that LFI has managed to be perceived as extremists baffles me (it isn't "crazy left"). Feels like 1990s Newt Gingrich is colonizing French politics in ways that an argument based on institutional design cannot explain.
I am personally concerned the centrists/center-right are going to abstain instead of choosing LFI over RN.
"Few Reform supporters have voted for Labour at any point in the 21st century. This is true if we look at where Farage’s parties drew votes between 2015 and 2025, and across twenty years of voting history" This type of conclusion is not specific to the UK.
Same thing happening in France though in this case, many think LFI's leadership style plays a key role. Or maybe it provides an easy scapegoat for people on the left who feel helpless.
we all are, we have to get published! I'll read more carefully your argument and share thoughts later!
I just dont think I habe the answer though :-) I just wish we were more collectively humble in our claims. Anti-immigrant sentiment is a behavior (among others) that we struggle to explain according to the scientific method.
Work connecting people's socio-economic context to anti-immigrant sentiment as mediated by social identity is often debated. But I am struggling to find good empirical
tests that do not "regress attitudes on attitudes." (4/4)
Finally, most studies do not explain the strong education gradient and the well documented *causal* impact of local economic decline / hardship (3/4).
I would argue that few studies carefully document this causal chain. I would also argue that few studies connect this type of causal mechanism to support for Trumps' crackdown. (2/4)
Happy to chat! To be clear, I think it is very important to show that it is islamophobia more than let's say arabo-phobia that is driving anti-Muslim prejudice. One can then hypothesize that people who have invested in a Christian identity are more committed to policies that make Xty the norm. (1/4)
super important findings that I read as a way of generalizing what the ethnography says about meaning making. The Why question on the other hand remains unanswered. The more I read the less I believe we can actually explain anti-immigrant backlash...
Very! Confirms me in my assessment that this literature need to defend itself against accusations of tautology (people who have a predisposition to dislike people of type A are more likely to be prejudiced against people of type A).
Thank you, no I had not seen that one! (that's because I explicitly censored research on discrimination to keep it manageable, bad idea it seems)
I have been trying to summarize social psychology research on anti-immigrant sentiment for 3 weeks now. While I can summarize families of results based on types of designs, I still struggle to summarize the theory used to make sense of results. Anybody has a clearly written piece they can recommend?
Hurray!
I just registered for European Political Science Society's (@epssnet.bsky.social) first conference! I'm excited to connect with old friends, meet new ones, and hear the latest work at this excellent event. Let this be your reminder to sign up today!
cc @sarahobolt.bsky.social @simonhix.bsky.social
Can I nuance? The fact that it is rare does not mean that the theory should die, merely that it is underspecified. For a long time, actual vote for the far-right was higher than reported vote, and @valentimvicente.bsky.social has great showing how this has changed, why and with what consequences.
I assign this piece :-) (or early versions of Ruhs and Baubock)
I read your piece as arguing that humanitarian/liberal ethics guide pro-im. advocacy and that communitarian ethics do not. To me the question is: can you study immigration without explicitly stating your ethical starting point (ESP)? If your answer is "No," then how would define your own ESP?
Hi @anagantman.bsky.social ! I read this piece with much interest! The paper mentions that the first 2 rounds involved "unfair" offers. Do you think your results would hold if you had a unC treatment condition with fair offers?
For anyone working toward this dreaded Jan 13th ERC deadline: nearly there!
Cool network data that does not involve railroads :-)
Applications for our upcoming Summer School have been extended until January 15! 🤝
Apply now: www.tse-fr.eu/toulouse-sum...
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Anyone saw what Andy Hall did with Claude (on X)? Very cool!
Looks like AI can:
1) become the (neutral) replication police (replicates prior results + runs a subset of low-hanging fruit extensions including out of sample rep)
2) encourage theory and design innovation in surveys
Count me in!
"Communautarisme" back then used to implicitly mean "anglo multiculturalism." Now it seems to mean "non-French" , a form of inclusion/exclusion rhetoric that smells far right IMHO, especially when mentioned alongside accusation of "islamisme".