Working Papers of the Cluster of Excellence "The Politics of Inequality" serve to disseminate the research results of work in progress prior to publication. Inclusion of a paper in the working paper series does not constitution publication and should not limit publication in any other outlet. The working papers published by the Cluster represent the views of the respective author(s) and not of the Cluster as a whole.
Working Paper Series Nº 41 | October 2024
Eduard Brüll; Davud Rostam-Afschar; Oliver Schlenker (2024): Cut Off from New Competition: Threat of Entry and Health Care Quality
We study how the threat of entry affects service quantity and quality of general practitioners (GPs). We leverage Germany’s needs-based primary care planning system, in which the likelihood of new GPs reduces by 20 percentage points when primary care coverage exceeds a cut-off. We compile novel data covering all German primary care regions and up to 30,000 GP-level observations from 2014 to 2019. Reduced threat of entry lowers patient satisfaction for incumbent GPs without nearby competitors but not in areas with competitors. We find no effects on working hours or quality measures at the regional level including hospitalizations and mortality.
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Working Paper Series Nº 40 | October 2024
Eva Thomann; Jana Gómez Díaz; Jonas Dieterich; Dominik Suhner; Michelle Selensky; Jannis Griem (2024): Extent, causes and consequences of the overload of public administration in Baden-Württemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate: A study by the working group for administrative science at the University of Konstanz in cooperation with the regional public broadcaster Südwestrundfunk (Final report)
The study (in German) analyses the extent, causes and consequences of a possible overload of public administration in Baden-Württemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate from the perspective of the authorities. The data was collected in a representative online survey in the public administration of the federal states of Baden-Württemberg (N=676) and Rhineland-Palatinate (N=211), which was conducted by Südwestrundfunk under the scientific guidance of the Administrative Science working group at the University of Konstanz in the first quarter of 2024. Six types of authorities were considered: Citizens' offices, immigration authorities, social welfare offices, building authorities, youth welfare offices and vehicle registration offices.
Working Paper Series Nº 39 | August 2024
Prateek Chandra Bhan; Jinglin Wen (2024): Role Models Among Us: Experimental Evidence on Inspirations and Gender Disparities Set in Stones
Historical monuments and statues mediate a conversation between the past and present. In this randomised controlled trial, we test the presence of such communications and their consequences. Focusing on a cohort of primary school students in India, we study the role modelling effect of historical statues. Students in the treatment group were exposed to a short virtual tour of otherwise locally present yet then inaccessible statues due to the Covid pandemic. The placebo group watched a video on the same role models, comprising of images of these role models instead of their statue. There was a third pure control group. Immediately after the 6-minute intervention, students watching the treatment video performed better than the placebo and control groups in a memory test. We detect improvements in treated students’ academic performance after a month, which are sustained after 6-months. The treatment affects only boys suggesting that the lack of female role models and their statues may attribute to this gender gap in academic performance.
Working Paper Series Nº 38 | August 2024
Prateek Chandra Bhan; Judith Vornberger; Jinglin Wen (2024): Reflection and Mental Health: Experimental Evidence from Germany
Despite increasing mental health problems and an existing care gap among university students, cost-effective solutions to bridge this gap are still lacking. Using a reflection intervention, we conduct a randomized controlled trial with undergraduate students in Germany. As part of a thought experiment, the treatment group reflected for ten minutes on questions related to stressors and their remedies. Combining survey and administrative data we find a significant improvement in students’ mindful behavior, mental health and well-being as well as perseverance in performance. Our results show the self-empowering potential of a low-cost soft-touch intervention in students to aid their mindful behavior, mental health and well-being as well as performance and thus demonstrate one way universities as institutions can provide support.
Working Paper Series Nº 37 | August 2024
Rebecca Strauch; Viktoria Jansesberger; Sebastian Koos; Gabriele Spilker (2024): Voices of Change in the Global South: Understanding the Dynamics of Environmental Protest
Environmental degradation, ranging from air and water pollution to land degradation and climate change, often generates discontent and grievances among affected populations. Such dissatisfaction with living conditions can foster political unrest, as individuals may protest publicly to voice their concerns and demand action from authorities. In light of increasing climate change and its widespread impacts, scholars have questioned whether environmental changes could become a destabilizing factor, promoting overall levels of unrest.
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Working Paper Series Nº 36 | July 2024
Eva Thomann; Carolin Hjort Rapp; Katharina Ziegler; Jana Gómez Díaz (2024): Modelling the Effect of Passive Representation and Intersectionality on Perceived Bureaucratic Discrimination
Working Paper Series Nº 35 | July 2024
Claudia Diehl; Katja Pomianowicz; Thomas Hinz (2024): On the Wrong Track? Perceived Track Mismatch Among Ethnic Minority and Majority Students in the German Educational System
Working Paper Series Nº 34 | July 2024
Stefanie Rueß; Gerald Schneider; Jan Vogler (2024): Priming and Prejudice: Experimental Evidence on Negative News Frames and Discrimination in German Welfare Offices
Working Paper Series Nº 33 | July 2024
Claudia Diehl; Julia Lang; Susanne Strauß; Ole Brüggemann,(2024): Is My Wage Fair? Validating Fairness Perceptions Among Women and Men
Working Paper Series Nº 32 | July 2024
Lea Haiges; Christina Isabel Zuber (2024): Within, Rather than Against the State? How Indigenous Movements in Ecuador and Peru Engage with Elections
Working Paper Series Nº 31 | July 2024
Alexander Horn; Martin Haselmayer; Jonathan Klüser (2024): Parties’ (Non)Responses to Levels and Changes of Inequality : Reconciling Rival Views Using New Data on Equality Concepts
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Working Paper Series Nº 30 | July 2024
Segun T. Aroyehun; Almog Simchon; Fabio Carrella; Jana Lasser; Stephan Lewandowsky; David García (2024): Computational Analysis of US Congressional Speeches Reveals a Shift from Evidence to Intuition
Working Paper Series Nº 29 | July 2024
Susanne Strauß; Ole Brüggemann; Julia Lang (2024): Who Perceives Lower Wages for Women to be Fair? How Perceptions of the Fairness of Men’s and Women’s Wages Vary by Firm and Workplace Characteristics
Working Paper Series Nº 28 | July 2024
Viktoria Jansesberger (2024): Storms, Floods, Landslides and Elections in India’s Growing Metropolises : Hotbeds for Political Protest?
Working Paper Series Nº 27 | July 2024
Viktoria Jansesberger; Gabriele Spilker (2024): Silencing Dissent in the Wake of Catastrophe? An Examination of the Repression Dynamics Following Weather-Related Rapid-Onset Events in Autocracies
Working Paper Series Nº 26 | July 2024
Sophia Stutzmann (2024): The Electoral Consequences of the Coal Phase-out in Germany
Working Paper Series Nº 25 | July 2024
Sebastian Findeisen; Wolfgang Dauth; Oliver Schlenker (2024): Organized Labor Versus Robots? Evidence from Micro Data
Working Paper Series Nº 24 | July 2024
Friedrich Breyer; Maj-Britt Sterba (2024): Are Taxes or User-Fees more Popular among Politicians? The Case of Childcare
Working Paper Series Nº 23 | June 2024
Friedrich Breyer; Christian Breunig; Mark Kapteina; Guido Schwerdt; Maj-Britt Sterba (2024): Between Beveridge and Bismarck: Preferences for Redistribution through Public Pensions
Working Paper Series Nº 22 | June 2024
Luna Bellani; Kattalina Berriochoa; Mark Kapteina; Guido Schwerdt (2024): Information Provision and Support for Inheritance Taxation: Evidence from a Representative Survey Experiment in Germany
Working Paper Series Nº 21 | May 2024
Marius R. Busemeyer; Nathalie Giger; Nadja Wehl (2024): Individual Ideology and Biased Perceptions of Income
Working Paper Series Nº 20 | April 2024
Julian Schuessler; Thomas Hinz; Dirk Leuffen; Peter Selb(2024): Income, Identity, and International Redistribution : Evidence from the European Union
Working Paper Series N° 19 | March 2024
Melanie Arntz; Sebastian Findeisen; Stephan Maurer; Oliver Schlenker (2024): Are We Yet Sick of New Technologies? : The Unequal Health Effects of Digitalization
Working Paper Series N° 18 | March 2024
Kattalina M. Berriochoa; Marius R. Busemeyer (2024): Local Knowledge Economies, Mobility Perceptions and Support for Right-Wing Populist Parties: New Survey Evidence for the Case of Germany
Working Paper Series N° 17 | March 2024
Thomas Hinz; Anna Marczuk; Frank Multrus (2024): Student Opinions on the Escalation of Violence in Israel and Gaza and Antisemitism at German Universities
Working Paper Series N° 16 | March 2024
Thomas Hinz; Anna Marczuk; Frank Multrus (2024): Studentisches Meinungsklima zur Gewalteskalation in Israel und Gaza und Antisemitismus an deutschen Hochschulen
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Working Paper Series N° 15 | February 2024
Henning Hermes; Philipp Lergetporer; Fabian Mierisch; Guido Schwerdt; Simon Wiederhold (2024): Does Information about Inequality and Discrimination in Early Child Care Affect Policy Preferences?
Working Paper Series N° 14 | August 2023
Alessandro Di Nola; Luke Haywood; Haomin Wang (2023): Gendered Effects of the Minimum Wage
Working Paper Series N° 13 | April 2023
Almuth Scholl (2023): The Politics of Redistribution and Sovereign Default
Working Paper Series N° 12 | January 2023
Stefan Maurer; Guido Schwerdt; Simon Wiederhold (2023): Do Role Models Matter in Large Classes? New Evidence on Gender Match Effects in Higher Education
Working Paper Series N° 11 | December 2022
Luna Bellani; Ariane Bertogg; Nevena Kulic; Susanne Strauß (2022): How information about inequality impacts support for school closure policies. Evidence from the pandemic
Working Paper Series N°10 | June 2022
Nils B. Weidmann (2022): Esoteric Beliefs and Opposition to Corona Restrictions
Working Paper Series N°09 | March 2022
Eric A. Hanushek; Babs Jacobs; Guido Schwerdt; Rolf van der Velden; Stan Vermeulen; Simon Wiederhold (2022): The Intergenerational Transmission of Cognitive Skills : An Investigation of the Causal Impact of Families on Student Outcomes
Working Paper Series N°08 | January 2022
Luna Bellani; Andrea Fazio; Francesco Scervini (2022): Collective Negative Shocks and Preferences for Redistribution: Evidence from the COVID-19 crisis in Germany
Working Paper Series N°07 | December 2021
Ariane Bertogg; Sebastian Koos (2021): Changes of Social Networks during the Covid-19 Pandemic: Who is affected and what are its Consequences for Psychological Strain?
Working Paper Series N°06 | October 2021
Erik Hornung; Guido Schwerdt; Maurizio Strazzeri (2021): Religious practice and student performance: Evidence from Ramadan fasting
Working Paper Series N°05 | August 2021
Lidwina Gundacker; Yuliya Kosyakova; Gerald Schneider (2021): Global norms, regional practices: Taste-based and statistical discrimination in German asylum decision-making
Working Paper Series N°04 | July 2021
Majed Dodin; Sebastian Findeisen; Lukas Henkel; Dominik Sachs; Paul Schüle (2021): Social Mobility in Germany
Working Paper Series Nº 03 | June 2021
Luna Bellani; Nona Bledow; Marius R. Busemeyer; Guido Schwerdt (2021): Perception of Inequality and Social Mobility in Germany: evidence from the Inequality Barometer
Working Paper Series Nº 02 | May 2021:
Bentley Schieckoff; Maximilian Sprengholz (2021): The labor market integration of immigrant women in Europe: context, theory and evidence
Working Paper Series Nº 01 | April 2021
Marius R. Busemeyer (2021): Health care attitudes and institutional trust during the COVID-19 crisis: Evidence from the case of Germany