Papers

Journal Articles

'Why is it so Hard to Counteract Wealth Inequality? Evidence from the United Kingdom' with Laure Bokobza, Asli Cansunar, Mads Elkjaer, Matthias Haslberger and Jacob Nyrup World Politics, 77(3), 2025
'Do national innovation projects shape citizens' public health behaviours?' with Martin W. Bauer, Jane Gingrich and Jack Stilgoe Healthcare Management Forum, 2024
'Political Inequality' with Jane Gingrich Oxford Open Economics, 2024
'Unemployment insurance, risk, and the acquisition of specific skills: an experimental approach' with John Ahlquist Journal of Political Institutions and Political Economy, 4.3, 2023
'Sheltering Populists? House Prices and the Support for Populist Parties' with Frederik Hjorth, Jacob Nyrup and Martin Vines Larsen Journal of Politics, 84(3), 2022
Winner APSA European Politics and Society Best Paper Prize
'The Political Consequences of Housing (Un)Affordability' with Asli Cansunar Journal of European Social Policy, 31(5), 2021
'Social Distancing, Wealth and Populism' with Asli Cansunar and Mads Elkjaer West European Politics, 44(5-6), 2021
'Desk Rejecting: A Better Use of Your Time' with David Samuels PS: Political Science & Politics, October 2021
'Housing and Populism' with David Adler West European Politics, 43(2), 2020
'The Politics of Housing' Annual Review of Political Science, 22, 2019
'The Future of Housing After Brexit' with David Adler Political Quarterly, 2019
'Global Capital Markets, Housing Prices, and Partisan Fiscal Policies' with J. Lawrence Broz and Thomas Flaherty Economics & Politics, 30(3), 2018
Winner of 2013 Best Conference Paper on Comparative Public Policy (APSA)
'Taking Credit: Redistribution and Borrowing in an Age of Economic Polarization' with John Ahlquist World Politics, 69(4), 2017
'Mismatch: University Education and Labour Market Institutions' with Jane Gingrich PS: Political Science and Politics, April 2017
'Journal Editors and "Results-Free" Research: A Cautionary Note' with David Samuels Comparative Political Studies, December 2016
'The Political Economy of Ownership: Housing Markets and the Welfare State' American Political Science Review, 108(2), May 2014
'Sorting for Schools: Housing, Education, and Inequality' with Jane Gingrich Socio-Economic Review, 12(2), April 2014
'The Political Origins of Primary Education Systems: Ideology, Institutions, and Interdenominational Conflict in an Era of Nation-Building' with Johannes Lindvall American Political Science Review, 107(3), August 2013
'Assets in Crisis: Housing, Preferences, and Policy in the Credit Crisis' Swiss Political Science Review, January 2013
'Preferences in Context: Micro-Preferences, Macro-Contexts, and the Demand for Social Policy' with Jane Gingrich Comparative Political Studies, December 2012
'Inequality and Democratization: A Contractarian Approach' with David Samuels Comparative Political Studies, 43(12), December 2010
Winner of Best Article in 2010, Comparative Democratization Section (APSA)
'University Challenges: Explaining Institutional Change in Higher Education' World Politics, 60(2), January 2008
'Teachers, Traders, and Tyrants: Democracy, Globalization and Education Spending' International Organization, 62(2), Spring 2008

Selected Book Chapters

'The Political Economy of Secular Stagnation' with Jane Gingrich in Contested Representation, Cambridge University Press, 2023
'Political Inequality' with Jane Gingrich in IFS Deaton Review of Inequality, 2022
'Wealth Inequality and Politics' in Rethinking Inequality (Blanchard & Rodrik eds.), MIT Press, 2021
'Commodification and Concentration: The Political Economy of Post-Industrialism in America and Beyond' with Jane Gingrich in The American Political Economy, Cambridge University Press, 2021
'The End of Human Capital Solidarity?' with Jane Gingrich in Who Gets What? (Rosenbluth & Weir eds.), Cambridge University Press, 2020
'Skills in Demand: Explaining Social Investment in Europe' with Jane Gingrich in Political Competition and Welfare State Transformation, Oxford University Press, 2018
'The Dynamics of Social Investment: Human Capital, Activation, and Care' with Jane Gingrich in The Politics of Advanced Capitalism, Cambridge University Press, 2015