Economic Drivers of Populism

Sergei Guriev

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Abstract: The recent wave of populism is different from the previous ones, thus generating the demand for noneconomic explanations, such as identity politics and cultural factors. In this paper, I discuss several pieces of evidence that show that economic factors, such as an increase in unemployment during the Great Recession, skill-biased trade and inequality (especially inequality of opportunity), have also played an important role in the recent rise of antiestablishment sentiment.

Date: 2018-05-01
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Published in American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings, 2018, 108, pp.200-203. ⟨10.1257/pandp.20181123⟩

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DOI: 10.1257/pandp.20181123

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