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I'm not in the committee but more than happy to answer questions (via DM, email) and/or chat.
NEW -
Absence: Electoral Cycles and Teacher Absenteeism in India - https://t.co/rzMLW6pQeC
"I found inconsistent effects in the private sector, lending support for a channel of political control in the public sector."
- @eeemda#OpenAccess
I'm recruiting a PhD student in political economy & comparative political behavior at @AhdUniv (elections, political parties, federalism, welfare, or climate)
We believe in interdisciplinary work & offer great training in models of political economy & applied stats.
Pls apply!
Swing by tomorrow at 10AM ET/3PM UK for some new work on bureaucratic selection and teacher politics from Brazil with @Julia10556085@LeslieKFinger and Jonathan Phillips (wisely not on twitter).
@dynarski Unless you're (reasonably) opposed to google, GoogleFi and their unlimited plus plan has been wonderful to me domestically and internationally.
VERBATIM FROM THE ARTICLE:
“The result is a paradox of punitive populism, in which democratically elected leaders with broad anticrime mandates undermine liberal democracy by adopting iron-fist policies that are not only popular but can also be effective. Iron-fist policies are widely appealing to publics accustomed to living in fear for their safety; such is the case for generations of Latin Americans, many of whom have not known a reality other than widespread extortions, kidnappings, and murders.”
A PARADOX???!!!
Seems that since we cut off all their attack angles, they're resorting to “paradoxes”, untested examples from any nation's history, and a novel interpretation of “democracy” that ignores the will of the people and their wellbeing, yet makes a priority to protect the criminals and preserve corrupt bureaucracies and institutions by making it a taboo to change or reform them.
@_adasgupta It leads to cool things like Esther Dweck serving in Lula's cabinet (https://t.co/yUWzXmseR7). This was the first thing I could find of hers in English, but most of her writing is in Portuguese: https://t.co/vNZqopIVf1
How much of their $$$ do households spend on out-of-pocket health costs?
A stylized fact I didn't know: % is low in some of the poorest countries (Malawi, Mozambique) and richest (France, Germany), higher in between (Brazil, China). An inverse-U.
https://t.co/eg0kKa9CDD