Alice Xu
@alice_z_xu
Assistant Prof at UPenn @PennSP2 @PoliticsAtPenn | @Harvard Gov't PhD | Comparative inequality, urban & distributive politics, environmental politics
Excited to share my new paper now @apsrjournal: doi.org/10.1017/S00030… I show that segregation encourages the privatization of urban services. Conversely, integrated cities produce intergroup externalities that align the middle class w/ the poor in coalitions for public goods 🧵
The past few years I've been developing a new research agenda exploring how the built environment -- the architecture of urban space -- shapes grassroots politics in urban Africa. Really excited to share part of this work @AJPS_Editor: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11… 1/5
After many years of working on it, it feels great to finally see my job market paper out in AJPS!
How the State Discourages Vigilantism—Evidence From a Field Experiment in South Africa by Anna M. Wilke is now available in Early View. @anna_m_wilke ajps.org/2025/04/21/how…
Since I've often posted about this project on Twitter, I wanted to share that my job market paper is now forthcoming at the Journal of Politics! This paper has been a labor of love and the source of much joy (and frustration). Excited that it found a home!
Excited to speak at Penn’s School of Social Policy & Practice’s webinar on climate’s influence on health, politics, and the labor force. Register here: upenn.zoom.us/webinar/regist…
🧵 How do criminal organizations expand to strong states? My paper in @The_JOP explains how mafias successfully moved to Northern Italy—by striking deals with local actors and exploiting migrant labor. Thread: ⬇️
"How Criminal Organizations Expand to Strong States: Local Agreements and Migrant Exploitation in Northern Italy" by Gemma Dipoppa. journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/73…
So excited that my book will be available for purchase later this month! CUP: tinyurl.com/3k28y7z8 Amazon: tinyurl.com/39ub7kek
Excited to share a new review paper with @mmildenberger @dustintingley! We use the IRA to explain the origin and effects of political attitudes about the energy transition 🌎🔌 We also chart research needs with the global green industrial policy turn osf.io/preprints/osf/…
Milei esta en Wall Street y aca va mi comentario en @ForeignAffairs foreignaffairs.com/argentina/arge…
Unfortunately, unfounded claims about Haitian migrants aren't unique to the US. In a new paper @The_JOP, @NandoSeverino and I show how Haitian migration to Chile sparked baseless concerns about crime. Read more: journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10.10…
Call for papers in the @JUrbanEcon for an issue on Quantitative Spatial Models. Deadline: September 30, 2024 sciencedirect.com/journal/journa…
Excited to see this paper out online @cps_journal! Thread from @LaserGabi 👇
🚨 New paper alert 🚨 Excited to share our work with @nmcmurry, @alex_scacco, and Kelly Zhang in @cps_journal: Who Wants to be Legible? Digitalization and Intergroup Inequality in Kenya We explore if #DigitalID worsens political inequality. See here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00… (1/9)
Excited that "Coercive Legacies: From Rebel Governance to Authoritarian Control" is finally out with an *issue number* @The_JOP! 🙂 Access the article here: doi.org/10.1086/729947 + thread on the paper/argument below.
🥳🚨 Excited to share my paper, "Coercive Legacies: From Rebel Governance to Authoritarian Control," cond. accepted at the @The_JOP! (paper: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…) I ask:❓How does rebel governance affect political development when rebel parties win power? 🧵 1/4