"Don't you plan on voting?" The motives and effects of peer pressure in voter mobilization [0.03%]
“你不打算去投票吗？”同伴压力在动员选民中的动机及作用
Woojin Kim
Woojin Kim
This paper studies the motives behind socially pressuring others in the context of voter mobilization. In this online experiment, college students choose whether to send an email that pressures their campus peers to register to vote for the...
Why (some) immigrants resist assimilation: US racism and the African immigrant experience [0.03%]
为何（一些）移民抗拒同化：美国种族主义与非洲移民的经历
Claire L Adida,Amanda Lea Robinson
Claire L Adida
Scholarship shows that Black immigrants to the US resist assimilation to reduce exposure to racial discrimination faced by native-born African Americans. But, not all Black immigrants are equally likely to be (mis)perceived as African Ameri...
THE IMPACT OF MEDICAID EXPANSION ON VOTER PARTICIPATION: EVIDENCE FROM THE OREGON HEALTH INSURANCE EXPERIMENT [0.03%]
医疗补助扩大对投票参与度的影响：来自俄勒冈健康保险实验的证据
Katherine Baicker,Amy Finkelstein
Katherine Baicker
In 2008, a group of uninsured low-income adults in Oregon was selected by lottery for the chance to apply for Medicaid. Using this randomized design and state administrative data on voter behavior, we analyze how a Medicaid expansion affect...
Can You Hear Me Now? How Communication Technology Affects Protest and Repression [0.03%]
如今可听见吗？沟通技术如何影响抗议与镇压
Darin Christensen,Francisco Garfias
Darin Christensen
Commentators covering recent social movements, such as the Arab Spring, commonly claim that cell phones enable protests. Yet, existing empirical work does not conclusively support this contention: some studies find that these technologies a...
Congressional Careers, Committee Assignments, and Seniority Randomization in the U.S. House of Representatives [0.03%]
美国众议院中的国会生涯、委员会职位分配和资历随机化
Michael Kellermann,Kenneth A Shepsle
Michael Kellermann
This paper estimates the effects of initial committee seniority on the career histories of Democratic members of the House of Representatives from 1949 to 2006. When more than one freshman representative is assigned to a committee, position...