How do workers respond to using AI technology? For @defactoexpert.bsky.social I had the opportunity to highlight the implications of our recent @jeppjournal.bsky.social article. Read more in the blog!
Thrilled to see our paper (with @madselk.bsky.social and @benansell.bsky.social) out in West European Politics!
While I, as a young-ish person, would say, just build and bring prices down, research on Brexit has shown that stagnating house prices risk populist backlash from homeowners. Housing policy thus faces a delicate balancing act between the interests of renters and homeowners, young and old. (5/5)
The policy implications are somewhat sobering. We know that a lack of efficacy ("politicians don't care about people like me") can be a driver of populism. The #housingcrisis, where young people are frozen out from the housing market, thus may generate populist resentment among young renters. (4/5)
We argue that this reflects two ways in which homeownership boosts efficacy: materially, by increasing owners' sense of economic security and success, and socially, by serving as a marker of status and belonging. (3/5)
Based on survey data from over 10000 UK residents, we show that homeowners consistently exhibit higher political efficacy, even after conditioning on other socioeconomic factors. Crucially, this relationship is strongest later in life, when people's socioeconomic position has crystallized. (2/5)
Just out in @wepsocial.bsky.social: how housing wealth shapes whether people feel heard. Together with @madselk.bsky.social and @benansell.bsky.social, I looked at a neglected determinant of political efficacy: homeownership.
Read the #OA paper: doi.org/10.1080/0140...
Quick overview below (1/5)
How does tax regressivity at the top affect public support for taxation? In this article, we run an information provision experiment in the United States with a quota-representative sample of around 4,000 people and randomly present respondents with factual information about total tax rates by income group. We find that informing respondents that the superrich pay lower total tax rates than other people not only increases support for raising taxes on the rich but also lowers support for taxing the middle class. Our results highlight an important hidden cost of tax regressivity at the top: if left unaddressed, it risks undermining public support for broad-based taxation.
New in @bjpols.bsky.social!
Dave Hope, @lhaffert.bsky.social and I show that low taxes on the rich have a hidden cost: They undermine public support for broad-based taxation. 🖋️ cup.org/45lgPwN
Well said! 70-odd customized applications in the last few months, I really miss doing actual research.
This could/should be our most productive period for research, but there are only so many hours in a day...
Two great days at @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social filled with enriching discussions and mutual learning on AI and politics. Grateful to @mhaslberger.bsky.social and @benansell.bsky.social for bringing together such a brilliant group of researchers and making it happen!
Amazing workshop on the Politics of AI with wonderful people at Nuffield! Such a priviledge
Thank you @mhaslberger.bsky.social @benansell.bsky.social for the warm hospitality!
Two inspiring days at the Nuffield Politics of AI workshop!
This was social science at its best, thanks to all involved! @benansell.bsky.social @jburnmurdoch.ft.com @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social
📚 And if the article piques your interest, here is the link to the full paper: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
🤔 You're interested in how exposure to AI affects people's risk perceptions and policy preferences, but don't have time to read a full paper?
💡 @unisg.ch has got you covered with a write-up about our recent paper in @jeppjournal.bsky.social.
www.unisg.ch/en/newsroom/...
Sign-up link: forms.gle/1PaNbatuZbTW...
We're grateful for generous support from @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social and the Centre for Advanced Social Science Methods/DPIR.
The in-person workshop is open to the academic community; you can use the link in the next post to sign up. If you're interested in hearing about and discussing citizen perceptions, preferences, and priorities around AI with a stellar group of researchers, this might be for you.
I'm excited to share the schedule for the Politics of AI workshop I have the pleasure of co-hosting together with @benansell.bsky.social at @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social next week.
Link: matthiashaslberger.github.io/ai/
BJPolS abstract discussing the dynamic between knowledge economy migration and political shifts in Germany, specifically addressing urban versus rural opportunities and its implications on political perspectives and migration trends.
NEW -
Seeking Opportunity in the Knowledge Economy: Moving Places, Moving Politics? - https://cup.org/3LgxVos
"moving to opportunity results in... more left-leaning self-identification, and lower support for far-right parties"
- @valentinaconsiglio.bsky.social & @thmskrr.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
Of all the housing charts not made by MMI, this one is my favourite. It shows how, despite rhetoric, housing shortages aren't a global phenomenon, but they do seem to be an Anglo-American one.
Recently accepted by #QJE, “Digital Distractions with Peer Influence: The Impact of Mobile App Usage on Academic and Labor Market Outcomes,” by Barwick, Chen, Fu, and Li: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
Paths to Power (PtP) is out in @bjpols.bsky.social! It is a database with data on cabinet members' social profile globally from 1966-2021.
This is a great team effort with @chknutsen.bsky.social, @peterla.bsky.social, @inalkristiansen.bsky.social. But many more helped us along the way 🙏
A short 🧵
⚡9.-Klässler:innen 2024 vs. 2018:
Mathe -24⬇️
Bio -24⬇️
Chemie -24⬇️
Physik -23⬇️
Die neuen Ergebnisse des IQB-Bildungstrends.
Ganz grob gesprochen: 9.-Klässler:innen liegen heute etwa auf Niveau der 8.-Klässler:innen noch vor 6 Jahren.
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The message to mainstream politicians: make the most of this window of opportunity to defuse the coming backlash before it sweeps you away!
Link to my paper (with Jane Gingrich and Jasmine Bhatia): www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Ever insightful by @beamagistro.bsky.social and colleagues on political consequences of AI in the labor market.
The hopeful part of their message - the policies that are most likely to work, such as retraining programs, enjoy widespread popular support - is also borne out in my work on the UK.
Happy German Reunification Day!
And thanks for the insightful thread, @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social!
I know senior scholars have too much on their plates already, but I hope they will give this blogpost (and the ones to follow) a read. The "Early Career state of mind" is very real, and the anonymous ECRs here capture so many of the challenges that it raises
That one can be an autoethnography then, gotta expand my methodological toolkit! 😅
At the blog I wrote about a new paper by @natewilmers.bsky.social , @zparolin.bsky.social , and @lukaslehner.bsky.social .
We're living in a novel era of inequality discordance. What's going on?!
asocial.substack.com/p/inequality...
I agree. But here is where AI can come in: we're developing a protocol for getting detailed occupation information (4-digit ISCO or 6-digit SOC) in online surveys. Combine that with a Big-Five battery or other psych measures, and some of these questions should become more tractable!
❗Our choice of treatment comes with limitations, such as a level of ambiguity regarding what people take away from the experience. But we think the paper offers some important insights that future work on AI and policy preferences can build on.
We're curious to hear what you think!
