Racism, xenophobia, discrimination, and the determination of health

D Devakumar, S Selvarajah, I Abubakar, SS Kim… - The Lancet, 2022‏ - thelancet.com
This Series shows how racism, xenophobia, discrimination, and the structures that support
them are detrimental to health. In this first Series paper, we describe the conceptual model …

Public policy and health in the Trump era

S Woolhandler, DU Himmelstein, S Ahmed, Z Bailey… - The Lancet, 2021‏ - thelancet.com
Executive summary This report by the Lancet Commission on Public Policy and Health in the
Trump Era assesses the repercussions of President Donald Trump's health-related policies …

The political economy of populism

S Guriev, E Papaioannou - Journal of Economic literature, 2022‏ - aeaweb.org
We synthesize the literature on the recent rise of populism. First, we discuss definitions and
present descriptive evidence on the recent increase in support for populists. Second, we …

Did austerity cause Brexit?

T Fetzer - American Economic Review, 2019‏ - aeaweb.org
This paper documents a significant association between the exposure of an individual or
area to the UK government's austerity-induced welfare reforms begun in 2010, and the …

The populist backlash against globalization: A meta-analysis of the causal evidence

G Scheiring, M Serrano-Alarcón, A Moise… - British Journal of …, 2024‏ - cambridge.org
The literature on populism is divided on whether economic factors are significant and robust
causes of populism. To clarify this, we performed the first systematic review and meta …

Are populist leaders creating the conditions for the spread of COVID-19? Comment on" A sco** review of populist radical right parties' influence on welfare policy …

M McKee, A Gugushvili, J Koltai… - International journal of …, 2020‏ - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Do populist leaders contribute to the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)?
While all governments have struggled to respond to the pandemic, it is now becoming clear …

The political costs of austerity

RD Gabriel, M Klein, AS Pessoa - Review of Economics and Statistics, 2023‏ - direct.mit.edu
Using a novel regional database covering over 200 elections in several European countries,
this paper provides new empirical evidence on the political consequences of fiscal …

War, socialism, and the rise of fascism: An empirical exploration

D Acemoglu, G De Feo, G De Luca… - The Quarterly Journal …, 2022‏ - academic.oup.com
The recent ascent of right-wing populist movements in several countries has rekindled
interest in understanding the causes of the rise of fascism in the interwar years. In this article …

Do citizens care about government debt? Evidence from survey experiments on budgetary priorities

B Bremer, R Bürgisser - European Journal of Political Research, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Ever since the Great Recession, public debt has become politicised. Some
research suggests that citizens are fiscally conservative, while other research shows that …

[HTML][HTML] Long-term care spending and hospital use among the older population in England

R Crawford, G Stoye, B Zaranko - Journal of Health Economics, 2021‏ - Elsevier
This paper examines the impact of changes in public long-term care spending on the use of
public hospitals among the older population in England. Mean per-person long-term care …