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Benjamin Elsner

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September 13, 2021

Air pollution reduces electoral support for government parties

New study identifies emotions as an explanation why poor air quality affects voting decisions

  • air pollution
  • behavior
  • elections
  • emotions
  • environment
  • voting
  • Benjamin Elsner
  • Luna Bellani
  • Nico Pestel
  • Stefano Ceolotto
Research

May 5, 2021

Relative comparisons affect performance and choices in college

Whether someone is a big fish in a little pond is largely a matter of luck, but it changes how students behave

  • higher education
  • peer effects
  • rank
  • social comparisons
  • Benjamin Elsner
  • Ingo E. Isphording
  • Ulf Zölitz
Research

August 30, 2018

Immigration of poor voters increases redistribution

West German cities responded with higher taxes and welfare spending to post-WWII inflow of forced migrants

  • expellees
  • immigration
  • natives
  • redistribution
  • refugees
  • taxation
  • voting
  • welfare
  • Andreas Lichter
  • Arnaud Chevalier
  • Benjamin Elsner
  • Nico Pestel
Research

July 10, 2018

How the Chernobyl cloud affected cognitive abilities in Germany

Even low doses of radiation can have significant human capital costs.

  • chernobyl
  • cognitive skills
  • contamination
  • environment
  • Germany
  • health
  • human capital
  • nuclear energy
  • nuclear power
  • radiation
  • Benjamin Elsner
  • Florian Wozny
Research

April 20, 2017

The migration of talent – global inequality or global benefits?

Much of the public debate on migration centers on the skill level of migrants. While receiving countries are concerned about […]

  • brain drain
  • global welfare
  • high-skilled migration
  • migration
  • refugees
  • skilled workers
  • talent
  • welfare
  • welfare effects
  • Benjamin Elsner
  • Caglar Ozden
  • Christopher Parsons
  • Costanza Biavaschi
  • Joel Machado
  • Michał Burzyński
  • Sari Pekkala Kerr
  • William Kerr
Research

November 27, 2015

Rank, sex, drugs and crime: How relative ability affects adolescents’ risky behaviors

Parents, teachers and policymakers alike are concerned with adolescents engaging in risky practices, such as drug abuse, unprotected sex, or […]

  • adolescents
  • crime
  • drinking
  • drug use
  • education
  • high school dropouts
  • peer effects
  • rank
  • relative ability
  • risky behavior
  • sex
  • teenagers
  • Benjamin Elsner
  • Ingo E. Isphording
Research

July 16, 2015

A big fish in a small pond: How rank affects students’ educational decisions

The characteristics of potential classmates are among the decisive factors for parents when choosing a school for their child. It […]

  • ability
  • cognitive skills
  • college
  • educational attainment
  • educational outcomes
  • high school
  • social comparisons
  • students
  • Benjamin Elsner
  • Ingo E. Isphording
Research

January 20, 2014

Migrants are different from the average – but does it matter?

Migrant self-selection – the question who migrates and who does not – is one of the most fundamental issues in […]

  • GDP
  • Mexico
  • migrant self-selection
  • migration
  • Norway
  • skill selection
  • Benjamin Elsner
  • Costanza Biavaschi

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