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Running towards: Labour market incentives for runaway slaves in the British Cape Colony, 1830–1838

Asia‐Pacific Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Recent scholarship on slave escapes has increasingly emphasised economic motivation, but few studies have empirically investigated how market incentives influenced the decision‐making of enslaved individuals during transitions from coerced to wage labour.
Karl Bergemann, Gabriel Brown, Johan Fourie   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluating post 2024 election scenarios for the UK based on political party manifestos. [PDF]

PLoS One
Stafford R, Alexander J, Axon S, Boakes Z, Cantarello E, Croker AR, Cvitanović M, Dominguez Almela V, Ginige T, Harris N, Jones EA, Kountouris Y, Lilleker D, Russell F, Sokolnicki JR, Upson SJ, Vincent E.   +16 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The political consequences of Africa's mobile revolution

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract What are the political consequences of rising domestic connectivity? I study this question in Sub‐Saharan Africa, asking how mobile technology shapes public opinion in geographically isolated communities. For remote rural populations, mobile devices increase contact with physically distant social networks, through regular phone calls with ...
Alex Yeandle
wiley   +1 more source

From Policy to Politics: Is there a Nordic Model for the regulation of alcohol and gambling? [PDF]

Nordisk Alkohol Nark
Marionneau V, Lindeman M, Cisneros Örnberg J, Karlsson T.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The effect of real‐news party cues

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract News media routinely offer cues about the stances of party elites, but to what extent do these cues shape the policy opinions of the public? While numerous experiments find that partisans adopt the stances of their leaders, these findings may not generalize easily to the context of real news, which often contains richer policy information and ...
Rasmus Skytte
wiley   +1 more source

US State Cannabis Policy Bundles Dataset. [PDF]

Sci Data
Richardson LE, Mallinson DJ, Altaf S, Neeley G.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The policy adjacent: How affordable housing generates policy feedback among neighboring residents

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract While scholars have documented feedback effects among a policy's direct winners and losers, less is known about whether such effects can occur among the indirectly affected—“the policy adjacent.” Using 458 geocoded housing developments built between two nearly identical statewide ballot propositions funding affordable housing in California, we
Michael Hankinson, Asya Magazinnik, Melissa Sands   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gateways, Funnels, and Stackers: How People Hide Property Ownership Through Offshore Structures. [PDF]

Br J Sociol
Surak K, Inkley J.
europepmc   +1 more source

The Crime of Tax Evasion in Transition Economies [PDF]

Barbara G. Katz, Joel Owen
core  

The public agglomeration effect: Urban–rural divisions in government efficiency and political preferences

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Why and when do cities vote for the left? The emergence of the urban–rural divide in the United States in the 1930s is inconsistent with canonical theories of cleavages. This paper introduces an explanation: agglomeration effects. The provision of government services is more efficient in urban environments because of nonrivalries, economies of
Theo Serlin
wiley   +1 more source