Massimo Pulejo

Nice to see it all dressed up!

Our paper on politicians' wages, corruption and criminal violence is out in the February issue of AEJ:Policy. Check it out at:

www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

Now out @jpube.bsky.social! In Italy, lower spending on immigrants by far-right mayors is met by a growth in social welfare volunteering by progressive citizens. Check it out! 👇

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Here is a workshop you should attend!

Great to see @mpulejo.bsky.social back in Milano presenting his new work!

Happy to share a new working paper "Calculation and Conscience: Motivations for the Substantive Representation of Ethnic Minorities" (with Stepahnie Zonszein, Apurav Bhatia and Will Dinneen). See osf.io/preprints/os...

Happy and humbled to be awarded, alongside many colleagues, at Bocconi's 2024 Research Night. My project, generously funded by Fondazione Cariplo, studies the link b/w State's and civil society's actions against organized criminal groups.

Why are female politicians more often targeted with violence? New findings confirm depressing suspicions A study of Italian mayors made it possible to compare the experiences of politicians with identical characteristics other than their gender.

Our work is featured in @uk.theconversation.com today! Check out the full paper (revised version!) here:

papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

theconversation.com/why-are-fema...

Job Market - Bocconi University Recruiting, Faculty, Post-doc Grant, Collaboration Contracts

#Polisky folks: Bocconi University is looking for AP in Environmental Politics & Policy 🌏

Offer: Great group of political scientists working at awesome social science university in a fabulous city 🙌

🚨 Deadline: 30th of November

Please share 🔁

Apply 🔗 & ℹ️ : jobmarket.unibocconi.eu?type=&dep=SPS

La politica è un lavoro pericoloso per le donne | G. Daniele, G. Di Poppa e M. Pulejo Il clima per le donne che agiscono in politica è ostile. La probabilità che una sindaca subisca violenze o intimidazioni è tripla rispetto a quella di un sindaco. Le scelte politiche c’entrano poco. S...

While the US voted for its nth White male President and the International Day Against Female Violence approaches, read coverage by Lavoce about our paper explaining why politics is a dangerous job for women.

lavoce.info/archives/106...

Download paper:

papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Could I be added? Thank you!

Happy to share that our paper on why peripheral regions vote for the radical right is now out with the APSR: tinyurl.com/4zvv67d4

A quick thread on how this idea came along and developed within the last 5 years:

He is hidden, but he is there... @giammacco.bsky.social

Why do women occupy only a quarter of parliamentary seats around the world? In coauthored work, @gemmadipoppa.bsky.social explores the role of gendered violence against elected leaders. cepr.org/voxeu/column...

Happening now, also live on YouTube: @gemmadipoppa.bsky.social presenting our paper on attacks on women in politics at @nber.bsky.social Political Economy Meeting. WATCH NOW at:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jXu...

Violence against female politicians Women’s political participation remains low, with women occupying only a quarter of parliamentary seats around the world. This column explores one possible obstacle to political participation: femal...

Vox EU summarizing our recent WP. For those who want to access the ungated version, it has changed location and it is now here:

papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Could you please add me to the Polisky list @profmusgrave.bsky.social ? Thanks!

Honored to present work on violence against female politicians (w/ @gemmadipoppa.bsky.social & Gianmarco Daniele) at this year's Transatlantic Workshop on the Economics of Crime. Thanks University of Michigan and CJARS for hosting me!

Monash Economics is hiring 👇
econjobmarket.org/positions/9878

"Monash is located in metropolitan Melbourne, a vibrant multi-cultural city of 5 million people. Melbourne is consistently rated by The Economist as among the world's most liveable cities."

***ASREC Graduate Student Workshop***

February 29-March 2, 2024
Chapman University
Orange, CA

An excellent introduction to the economics of religion by Jared Rubin, Jeanet Bentzen, Jean-Paul Carvalho & Avital Livny

Apply here by November 10: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

EuroWEPS VIII is here! We'll meet in Munich on Dec 15 to discuss designs/papers with a focus on causal inference. No presentations, just constructive discussions. Early career scholars are especially welcome to apply! Submission deadline is Oct 10.

Female politicians face an additional gender gap: they are 3️⃣ times more likely to experience violence while in office.

We study the reasons and consequences of violence in a new paper, summarized in this column cepr.org/voxeu/column...

With @mpulejo.bsky.social and Gianmarco Daniele