The Territory of the gilets jaunes

Pierre Boyer, Thomas Delemotte, Germain Gauthier, Vincent Rollet and Benoit Schmutz
Additional contact information
Thomas Delemotte: CREST - Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique - ENSAI - Ecole Nationale de la Statistique et de l'Analyse de l'Information [Bruz] - X - École polytechnique - IP Paris - Institut Polytechnique de Paris - ENSAE Paris - École Nationale de la Statistique et de l'Administration Économique - IP Paris - Institut Polytechnique de Paris - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, ENSAE - Ecole Nationale de la Statistique et de l'Analyse Economique - Ecole Nationale de la Statistique et de l'Analyse Economique, IPP - Institut des politiques publiques
Germain Gauthier: CREST - Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique - ENSAI - Ecole Nationale de la Statistique et de l'Analyse de l'Information [Bruz] - X - École polytechnique - IP Paris - Institut Polytechnique de Paris - ENSAE Paris - École Nationale de la Statistique et de l'Administration Économique - IP Paris - Institut Polytechnique de Paris - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, X - École polytechnique - IP Paris - Institut Polytechnique de Paris, IPP - Institut des politiques publiques

Institut des Politiques Publiques from HAL

Abstract: Where did the "gilets jaunes" protest movement come from? From its first Saturday of action in November 2018, the movement was distinctive for both its local character and its national coverage. Relying on novel Facebook data, we show that there is a strong correlation between online mobilisation (on Facebook) and offline mobilisation (blockading of roundabouts), and offer a fine-grained and contrasted mapping of the data, at the scale of départements and commuting zones. By simultaneously controlling for the different political, economic and geographical factors likely to explain the movement's genesis, we reveal the signicant role played by mobility issues, particularly the speed limit reduction to 80 km/h on secondary roads and commuting distances..

Date: 2019-04
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-pay
Note: View the original document on HAL open archive server: https://shs.hal.science/halshs-02520762v1
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Published in 2019

Downloads: (external link)
https://shs.hal.science/halshs-02520762v1/document (application/pdf)

Related works:
Working Paper: The Territory of the gilets jaunes (2019)
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:hal:ipppap:halshs-02520762

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in Institut des Politiques Publiques from HAL
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Caroline Bauer ().