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      • 19 Jan 2021
      • Cold Call Podcast

      Engaging Community to Create Proactive, Equitable Public Safety

      Saint Paul, Minnesota Mayor Melvin Carter swept into office in 2018 promising equity. He wanted a new public safety framework that would be rooted in community. Then, with the COVID-19 pandemic wiping out much of the city’s budget and the May 2020 killing of George Floyd by a police officer in neighboring Minneapolis sparking calls to defund the police, how would Mayor Carter make these changes happen? Professor Mitch Weiss discusses the challenges and rewards of “possibility government” in his case, "Community-First Public Safety."  Open for comment; 0 Comment(s) posted.

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      • 29 Oct 2020
      • Research & Ideas

      The COVID Gender Gap: Why Fewer Women Are Dying

      by Dina Gerdeman

      To promote the greatest safety, public health officials should target their pandemic messaging to men differently than to women. Research by Vincent Pons and colleagues. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 17 Aug 2020
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Gender Differences in COVID-19 Related Attitudes and Behavior: Evidence from a Panel Survey in Eight OECD Countries

      by Vincent Pons, Vincenzo Galasso, Paola Profeta, Michael Becher, Sylvain Brouard, and Martial Foucault

      Survey evidence from eight countries indicates strong gender differences in people’s belief that COVID-19 represents a serious health risk and in their agreement and compliance with restraining policy measures.

      • 21 Nov 2019
      • Research & Ideas

      Do TV Debates Sway Voters?

      by Danielle Kost

      As Democratic presidential candidates face off at the podium, Vincent Pons reports that TV debates don’t influence voters. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 15 Oct 2019
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Vote Choice Formation and the Minimal Effects of TV Debates: Evidence from 61 Elections in 9 OECD Countries

      by Caroline Le Pennec-Caldichoury and Vincent Pons

      This study of 61 elections around the world finds that vote choices aggregate a lot of information obtained during the electoral season, but the contribution of TV debates to this process is negligible.

      • 16 Apr 2019
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Can Biometric Tracking Improve Healthcare Provision and Data Quality? Experimental Evidence from Tuberculosis Control in India

      by Thomas Bossuroy, Clara Delavallade, and Vincent Pons

      This paper shows the benefits of biometric technology for strengthening service delivery and improving reliability of government data. The technology improved productivity of health workers operating tuberculosis treatment centers and decreased misreporting.

      • 03 Mar 2019
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Strict ID Laws Don’t Stop Voters: Evidence from a U.S. Nationwide Panel, 2008–2016

      by Enrico Cantoni and Vincent Pons

      Evidence on the consequences of strict ID laws adopted between 2008 and 2016 shows no significant negative effect on registration or turnout overall or for any subgroup defined by age, gender, race, or party affiliation. ID requirements had no significant effect on actual or perceived fraud, either.

      • 21 Feb 2019
      • Research & Ideas

      Voter ID Laws Don't Work (But They Don't Hurt Anything, Either)

      by Sean Silverthorne

      Voter ID laws are often proposed as an antidote to election fraud. There's just one problem, according to Vincent Pons. They don't work. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 28 Sep 2018
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Rankings Matter Even When They Shouldn't: Bandwagon Effects in Two-Round Elections

      by Vincent Pons and Clémence Tricaud

      Results of the French parliamentary and local elections since 1958 show that candidates ranked higher in the first round are more likely to stay in the race for the second round and win it. Arriving first instead of second and second instead of third increases winning by 5.8 and 9.9 percentage points, respectively.

      • 06 Sep 2018
      • Cold Call Podcast

      Should US Companies Still Care About the Paris Climate Change Agreement?

      Re: Vincent Pons

      American President Donald Trump pulled out of the 2015 Paris agreement on climate change one year ago. Vincent Pons discusses what it means for US business leaders in confronting environmental challenges. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 03 Oct 2017
      • Sharpening Your Skills

      7 Effective Ways to Lead Teams

      by Sean Silverthorne

      Managers of teams require communications skills, organizational capabilities, and a knack for judging how people might work together. Research from Harvard Business School investigates the challenges of team leadership. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 14 Jun 2017
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Expressive Voting and Its Cost: Evidence from Runoffs with Two or Three Candidates

      by Vincent Pons and Clémence Tricaud

      This paper highlights the motivations and consequences of citizens voting for lower-ranked candidates in elections held under plurality rule. Findings show that a large fraction of voters are what the authors call expressive. Expressive voters vote for their favorite candidate even if it causes the defeat of their second-best choice.

      • 02 May 2016
      • Research & Ideas

      Why People Don’t Vote--and How a Good Ground Game Helps

      by Michael Blanding

      Recent research by Vincent Pons shows that campaigners knocking on the doors of potential voters not only improves overall turnout but helps individual candidates win more of those votes. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 21 Apr 2016
      • Working Paper Summaries

      The Perils of Building Democracy in Africa

      by Benjamin Marx, Vincent Pons, and Tavneet Suri

      Results from a text messaging experiment conducted before the 2013 National Election in Kenya show that basic information provided via short message service (SMS) resulted in small turnout increases but had a large effect on attitudes towards electoral institutions.

      • 22 Mar 2016
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Voter Registration Costs and Disenfranchisement: Experimental Evidence from France

      by Celine Braconnier, Jean-Yves Dormagen, and Vincent Pons

      In most democracies, voter registration is automatic and done by the state. But in a few others, such as the United States and France, registration is self-initiated: citizens who wish to vote must register first, and they need to do so again each time they move. This study examines the effects of canvassing and home registration of unregistered and misregistered citizens in 10 French cities.

      • 16 Feb 2016
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Diversity and Team Performance in a Kenyan Organization

      by Benjamin Marx, Vincent Pons, and Tavneet Suri

      A key question in organizations is whether there is an optimal balance between diversity and sameness within teams of workers. Findings from a field experiment within a nonprofit research organization based in Kenya suggest much of the tradeoff between diversity and sameness may come from the different effects diversity has along different dimensions of organizational structure. Diversity along the organization’s hierarchy improves both effort and performance.

      • 11 Feb 2016
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Will a Five-Minute Discussion Change Your Mind? A Countrywide Experiment on Voter Choice in France

      by Vincent Pons

      A countrywide field experiment conducted during François Hollande's door-to-door campaign for the 2012 French presidential election finds that one-on-one discussions with campaigners have strong potential to shift people's decisions even when the principal's control on campaign agents is limited. The implications reach beyond political campaigns to persuasive communication directed at consumers, donors, or investors.

      • 11 Feb 2016
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Do Interactions with Candidates Increase Voter Support and Participation? Experimental Evidence from Italy

      by Vincent Pons

      Elections in established democracies regularly attract less than half of the voting-age population. This low electoral participation raises concerns for the overall legitimacy and stability of the democratic regimes. This study of a mid-sized city in northern Italy during the 2014 municipal elections finds that while volunteers’ visits increased participation by a significant 1.8 percentage points, surprisingly the candidates’ own visits affected neither the average voter nor any subgroup of the population, whether defined by age, gender, place of birth, or turnout history.

      • 13 Jan 2016
      • Research & Ideas

      The Problem with Productivity of Multi-Ethnic Teams

      by Michael Blanding

      Ethnically diverse teams can be less productive than more homogenous teams, according to research in Kenya by Vincent Pons. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

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