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Title:The educational quality of early school leavers and the cross-national variation of their income disadvantage Author(s):VAN ALPHEN, StanDate:2009Citation:Educational Research and Evaluation, 2009, 15, 6, 543–560Type:ArticleAbstract:The average quality of available educational resources varies significantly across Europe. This not only affects school success and failure but also subsequent labour market outcomes. The main research question in this ...

Title:Educational stratification in Italy : reforms, expansion, and equality of opportunity Author(s):SHAVIT, Yossi; WESTERBEEK, KarinDate:1998Citation:European sociological review, 1998, Vol. 14, No. 1, pp. 33-47Type:ArticleAbstract:Between the 1950s and early 1980s, Italian education expanded rapidly. During the 1960s the educational system was reformed in two important respects. First, in 1963, the unified middle school was established and compulsory ...

Title:Educational transitions and educational inequality : a multiple pathways sequential logit model analysis of Finnish birth cohorts 1960-1985 Author(s):HARKONEN, Juho

; SIRNIO, OutiDate:2020Citation:European sociological review, 2020, Vol. 36, No. 5, pp. 700-719Type:ArticleAbstract:We developed a multiple pathways sequential logit model for analysing social background inequality in completed education and applied it to analyse educational inequality in Finland (birth cohorts 1960-1985). Our model ...

Title:The effect of austerity packages on government popularity during the great recession Author(s):BOJAR, Abel

; BREMER, Björn

; KRIESI, Hanspeter

; WANG, Chendi

Date:2022Citation:British journal of political science, 2022, Vol. 52, No. 1, pp. 181-199Type:ArticleAbstract:During the Great Recession, governments across the continent implemented austerity policies. A large literature claims that such policies are surprisingly popular and have few electoral costs. This article revisits this ...

Title:The effect of co-ethnic social capital on immigrants' labor market integration : a natural experiment Author(s):GËRXHANI, Klarita

; KOSYAKOVA, Yuliya

Date:2022Citation:Comparative migration studies, 2022, Vol. 10, Art. 15, OnlineOnlyType:ArticleAbstract:Empirically identifying the causal effect of social capital on immigrants’ economic prospects is a challenging task due to the non-random residential sorting of immigrants into locations with greater opportunities for prior ...

Title:The effect of education on under-five mortality : individual and community-level effects in Bangladesh Author(s):PUGLISI, Chiara

; BUSETTA, AnnalisaDate:2019Citation:Statistica, 2019, Vol. 79, No. 2, pp. 181-200Type:ArticleAbstract:This paper investigates the relationship between parental education and child survival, considering both the influence of the maternal and paternal educational level and the influence of community-level male and female ...

Title:The effect of European parliament elections on political socialisation Author(s):SCHULTE-CLOOS, Julia

Date:2019Citation:Journal of European public policy, 2019, Vol. 26, No. 7, (SI), pp. 1094-1111Type:ArticleAbstract:Do European Parliament (EP) elections have adverse effects on the political socialisation of individuals? Instilling a lasting political disaffection in impressionable voters, the supranational contest may have negative ...

Title:The effect of media sexism on women’s political ambition: evidence from a worldwide study Author(s):HARALDSSON, Amanda

; WÄNGNERUD, LenaDate:2019Citation:Feminist media studies, 2019, Vol. 19, No. 4, pp. 523-539Type:ArticleAbstract:This paper presents results from one of the first global studies on the relationship between media sexism and the share of candidates for the lower chamber of national parliaments who are women. Data on media sexism come ...

Title:De effectiviteit van openbaar en bijzonder onderwijs: een crossnationale analyse Author(s):DRONKERS, Jaap; ROBERT, PeterDate:2004Citation:Mens en maatschappij, 2004, 79, 170-192Type:Article

Title:The effects of congruence in policy priorities on satisfaction with democracy Author(s):REHER, Stefanie

Date:2016Citation:Journal of elections, public opinion and parties, 2016, Vol. 26, No. 1, pp. 40-57Type:ArticleAbstract:There is widespread agreement that better policy representation increases citizens’ satisfaction with democracy. Previous research on this topic has generally focused on ideological congruence between citizens and ...

Title:Effects of Divorce on Children's Educational Attainment in a Mediterranean and Catholic Society Author(s):ALBERTINI, Marco; DRONKERS, JaapDate:2009Citation:European Societies, 2009, 11, 1, 137-159.Type:ArticleAbstract:Previous research has found parental divorce to have negative effects on children’s educational attainment; in addition, it has been noted that the effects of divorce are not the same in all western societies. However, ...

Title:Effects of Divorce on Children's Educational Attainment in a Mediterranean and Catholic Society Evidence From Italy Author(s):ALBERTINI, Marco; DRONKERS, JaapDate:2009Citation:European Societies, 2009, 11, 1, 137-159Type:ArticleAbstract:Previous research has found parental divorce to have negative effects on children's educational attainment; in addition, it has been noted that the effects of divorce are not the same in all western societies. However, ...

Title:Egypte : les frères musulmans et la bataille pour le pouvoir Author(s):COLLOMBIER, Virginie

Date:2012Citation:Politique étrangère, 2012, Vol. 3, pp. 615-628Type:ArticleAbstract:Mohamed Morsi is the first civilian president of Egypt, but no one knows what powers he has. This will inevitably need to be specified within the framework of the negotiations between the Muslim Brotherhood and the Supreme ...

Title:Einkommensreich – vermögensarm? Die Zusammensetzung von Vermögen und die Bedeutung einzelner Vermögenskomponenten im europäischen Vergleich Author(s):SKOPEK, Nora; KOLB, Kathrin; BUCHHOLZ, Sandra; BLOSSFELD, Hans Peter

Date:2012Citation:Berliner Journal für Soziologie, 2012, 22, 2, 163-187Type:ArticleAbstract:Ausgangspunkt der Studie ist der Befund, dass der einseitige Bezug der sozialen Ungleichheitsforschung auf Einkommen und damit die Nichtbeachtung von Vermögen ein unzureichendes oder sogar falsches Verständnis sozialer ...

Title:El fracaso de la 'falla de mercado', vuelta a pensar en beines 'públicos' y 'privados' con base en La riqueza de las naciones de Adam Smith y el derecho romano Author(s):KRATOCHWIL, Friedrich

Date:2010-01-01Citation:Foro Internacional, 2010, L, 2 (200), 422-445Type:ArticleAbstract:The article analyzes the difference between 'public' and 'private' goods in light of concepts in Roman law and The Wealth of Nations. It points out that in many cases the dichotomy is erroneous. Furthermore, based on a ...

Title:Election frequency and voter turnout Author(s):KOSTELKA, Filip

; KREJCOVA, Eva

; SAUGER, Nicolas; WUTTKE, AlexanderDate:2023Citation:Comparative political studies, 2023, OnlineFirstType:ArticleAbstract:In recent decades, liberal democracies have considerably expanded the scope for citizen participation, calling their citizens to vote in a growing number of popular votes. This research investigates the effects of the ...

Title:Electoral campaigning 2.0 : the case of it regional elections Author(s):MASCHERONI, Giovanna; MATTONI, Alice

Date:2013Citation:Journal of information technology and politics, 2013, Vol. 10, No. 2, pp. 223-240Type:ArticleAbstract:This article investigates the use of social media by the 53 candidates for governor at the last it regional elections in April 2010 and further explores the two hypotheses on the role of online technologies for political ...

Title:Electoral competition in Europe's new tripolar political space : class voting for the left, centre-right and radical right Author(s):OESCH, Daniel; RENNWALD, Line

Date:2018Citation:European journal of political research, 2018, Vol. 57, No. 4, pp. 783-807Version:Published version of EUI MWP WP 2017/02Type:ArticleAbstract:The rise of the radical right fundamentally changes the face of electoral competition in Western Europe. Bipolar competition is becoming tripolar, as the two dominant party poles of the twentieth century – the left and the ...

Title:The electoral consequences of affective polarization? : negative voting in the 2020 US presidential election Author(s):GARZIA, Diego

; FERREIRA DA SILVA, Frederico

Date:2022Citation:American politics research, 2022, Vol. 50, No. 3, pp. 303-311Type:ArticleAbstract:About one third of American voters cast a vote more “against” than “for” a candidate in the 2020 Presidential election. This pattern, designated by negative voting, has been initially understood by rational choice scholarship ...

Title:The electoral consequences of the financial and economic crisis in Europe Author(s):HERNÁNDEZ, Enrique; KRIESI, Hanspeter

Date:2016Citation:European journal of political research, 2016, Vol. 55, No. 2, pp. 203-224Type:ArticleSeries/Number:[POLCON]Abstract:We analyse the electoral consequences of the Great Recession by combining insights from economic voting theories, and the literature on party system change. Taking our cues from these two theoretical perspectives, we assess ...