The EBRD has just published an interesting report on demographic change. There is a very good chapter on the political economy of demographic change where they build on my research to argue that addressing the challenges that ageing creates is complicated by the different policy priorities of different age groups.
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Bloomberg article mentions my research on ageing
A recent Bloomberg article “Untouchable Baby Boomers Have Europe in a Choke Hold” mentions my research on the political economy of ageing, which I discussed in a recent LSE blog.
You can read the underlying research, which is forthcoming in World Politics, on ResearchGate.
My research mentioned in report of UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights
My research has been mentioned in the report of the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, authored by Olivier De Schutter, It’s an excellent document well worth a read.
Continue reading “My research mentioned in report of UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights”Grey power, pension reforms and the politics of slow growth in Europe
Ageing populations and the power of the “grey vote” are undermining Europe’s economic growth, as I write in a recent LSE blog. Yet an ageing Europe need not be a stagnant one if policymakers confront the sources of the grey power trap.
Continue reading “Grey power, pension reforms and the politics of slow growth in Europe”How and why actual class decline leads to far-right party support
Does downward class mobility increase the likelihood of voting for far-right parties? If so, why, and through which mechanisms? How important is the group of downwardly mobile individuals for driving far-right party success? In a new article with Alexi Gugushvili and Daphne Halikiopoulou we argue that downward class mobility significantly affects far-right voting but only under specific conditions.
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