Leo Azzollini
Biographic Data
| ID | 255300 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Leo Azzollini |
| GIVEN NAMES | Leo |
| FAMILY NAME | Azzollini |
| SIGNATURE | AZZOLLINI L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Trento |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7967-0052 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 22 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 15 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Disciplinary divides
Personal political interest is key to being an active citizen in a democracy, but not everyone develops it equally. Although higher education is often seen as a main factor in promoting political engagement, recent studies have questioned how much it really matters, pointing instead to self-selection and field-specific educational experiences. This study brought together several theories and applied growth curve analysis using data from the Germa…
Class of origin and voting
Differences in political participation between social classes are well documented, yet less is known about the mechanisms that may reduce these gaps. This article adopts a life-course perspective to investigate whether youth volunteering can mitigate class-based inequalities in electoral participation. Using longitudinal data from Germany, we analyse how class of origin affects voting for the newly enfranchised, how volunteering influences turnou…
Healthcare provision and attitudes towards redistribution. A regional analysis across Europe
This study examines the relationship between the welfare state, individual social class, and views on redistribution. It is hypothesised that the manifestation of the welfare state at the regional level, proxied by the number of beds in hospitals, may attenuate the differences in attitudes towards redistribution between people from different social classes. To address this research question, data from Eurostat is employed in conjunction with data…
Uncovering misperceptions of social inequalities
Perceptions of social inequality are shaped not only by individuals' objective social class but also, and more powerfully, by their subjective social status. Drawing on data from the International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) covering 35 countries and 96 country-years between 1992 and 2019, this study disentangles the distinct and interactive effects of class and subjective status on how people perceive social inequality. While individuals in l…
Changing household structures, household employment, and poverty trends in rich countries
Changes in household structures and employment patterns alter the balance between households with an above- versus a below-average poverty risk while also affecting relative income poverty thresholds. Examining 11 countries for which suitable microdata is available from LIS back to the mid-1980s shows that patterns of change in household composition and employment exhibited some common features but also very substantial variation. The share of si…
At Which Level Does Unemployment Affect Political Trust? A Multilevel Analysis Across Europe
How does unemployment at the national, regional, and individual levels affect political trust in Europe? Previous research has assessed the negative impact of unemployment at the national and individual levels on political trust. However, the literature has not yet addressed the interactions between unemployment dynamics across levels, which are increasingly relevant in socio-political research. In this article, we posit that national, regional, …
Cultivating trust? The role of European Union investments in bridging rural-urban divides
Over the last decades, agricultural policies and structural investment funds for regional development have been central to European integration. However, the political effects of these funds, designed to enhance economic and social cohesion within the European Union and address regional disparities, remain contested. Existing research has established that rural residents tend to exhibit lower levels of political trust in the European Union compar…
Where I stand and what I stand for
While research is increasingly focusing on the political influence of subjective social status, it is yet unclear how the latter shapes attitudes towards redistribution on its own, nor how it interacts with contextual inequality. To address this, we integrate perspectives across sociology, political economy, and social psychology, testing competing hypotheses of polarisation vs. mitigation of redistributive attitudes among social groups. We rely …
Population Dynamics and Policies in Europe
While previous research has focused on the relationship between population dynamics and policies in Europe, there has been scarce attention on dynamics at the NUTS-3 level. By looking at the population measures at subnational regions in Europe we seek to identify average population dynamics since year 2000. We group subnational regions by countries in terms of average population dynamics and assess the connection between population policies in 19…
Are “bad” jobs bad for democracy? Precarious work and electoral participation in Europe
Introduction While socioeconomic inequality in voting has been central for research on electoral participation, recent years have seen radical changes in labor relations. The key issue is increasing prevalence of precarious work, involving dimensions as non-indefinite tenure and limited control over work activities. While occupations traditionally were the locus of political socialization, there is scarce research connecting occupational uncertai…
Demographic behaviour and earnings inequality across OECD countries
Many studies have focused on how demographic dynamics, such as changes in marriage patterns and the increasing share of households headed by a single adult, may contribute to rising earnings inequality. Here we instead ask how demographic differences between countries may underpin differences in household earnings inequality between them, concentrating on economic homogamy and the proportion of households headed by a single woman and by a single …
From gender equality to household earnings equality
We assess the impact that full gender equality in the labour market would have on earnings inequality between households, and then decompose that impact by looking separately at the roles played by gender gaps in employment, hours, and pay. We do this by applying a reweighting method to LIS data for 22 OECD countries, across North America, Europe, and Australia. We find that full equality in earnings and employment between women and men would red…
Scar effects of unemployment on generalised social trust
How does unemployment affect generalised social trust? A growing body of work has analysed the scar effects of unemployment on trust. However, this literature has not yet addressed the moderating role of contextual unemployment. In this article, we extend a theoretical framework positing that individual and contextual unemployment depress generalised social trust and formulate competing hypotheses on their interaction. We test these hypotheses re…
Doubly disadvantaged
Previous studies examine how unemployment affects socio-political behaviour, but this literature has scarcely focused on the role of the life-course. Integrating the frameworks of unemployment scarring and political socialisation, we posit that unemployment experiences, or scars, undermine electoral participation, and that this is exacerbated at younger ages. We test these hypotheses relying on the British Household Panel Survey and Understanding…
The Scar Effects of Unemployment on Electoral Participation
Does unemployment increase or decrease electoral participation? A considerable body of work has examined this classic question, focusing on individual and contextual unemployment. However, this literature has scarcely examined the role of past experiences of unemployment, and not yet addressed their interaction with contextual unemployment. In this article, we extend the framework of unemployment scarring to study electoral behaviour. First, we p…
The Scar Effects of Unemployment on Electoral Participation
Does unemployment increase or decrease electoral participation? A considerable body of work has examined this classic question, focusing on individual and contextual unemployment. However, this literature has scarcely examined the role of past experiences of unemployment, and not yet addressed their interaction with contextual unemployment. In this article, we extend the framework of unemployment scarring to study electoral behaviour. First, we p…
Doubly disadvantaged
Previous studies examine how unemployment affects socio-political behaviour, but this literature has scarcely focused on the role of the life-course. Integrating the frameworks of unemployment scarring and political socialisation, we posit that unemployment experiences, or scars, undermine electoral participation, and that this is exacerbated at younger ages. We test these hypotheses relying on the British Household Panel Survey and Understanding…
Healthcare provision and attitudes towards redistribution. A regional analysis across Europe
This study examines the relationship between the welfare state, individual social class, and views on redistribution. It is hypothesised that the manifestation of the welfare state at the regional level, proxied by the number of beds in hospitals, may attenuate the differences in attitudes towards redistribution between people from different social classes. To address this research question, data from Eurostat is employed in conjunction with data…
Changing household structures, household employment, and poverty trends in rich countries
Changes in household structures and employment patterns alter the balance between households with an above- versus a below-average poverty risk while also affecting relative income poverty thresholds. Examining 11 countries for which suitable microdata is available from LIS back to the mid-1980s shows that patterns of change in household composition and employment exhibited some common features but also very substantial variation. The share of si…
At Which Level Does Unemployment Affect Political Trust? A Multilevel Analysis Across Europe
How does unemployment at the national, regional, and individual levels affect political trust in Europe? Previous research has assessed the negative impact of unemployment at the national and individual levels on political trust. However, the literature has not yet addressed the interactions between unemployment dynamics across levels, which are increasingly relevant in socio-political research. In this article, we posit that national, regional, …
Population Dynamics and Policies in Europe
While previous research has focused on the relationship between population dynamics and policies in Europe, there has been scarce attention on dynamics at the NUTS-3 level. By looking at the population measures at subnational regions in Europe we seek to identify average population dynamics since year 2000. We group subnational regions by countries in terms of average population dynamics and assess the connection between population policies in 19…
Are “bad” jobs bad for democracy? Precarious work and electoral participation in Europe
Introduction While socioeconomic inequality in voting has been central for research on electoral participation, recent years have seen radical changes in labor relations. The key issue is increasing prevalence of precarious work, involving dimensions as non-indefinite tenure and limited control over work activities. While occupations traditionally were the locus of political socialization, there is scarce research connecting occupational uncertai…
From gender equality to household earnings equality
We assess the impact that full gender equality in the labour market would have on earnings inequality between households, and then decompose that impact by looking separately at the roles played by gender gaps in employment, hours, and pay. We do this by applying a reweighting method to LIS data for 22 OECD countries, across North America, Europe, and Australia. We find that full equality in earnings and employment between women and men would red…
Scar effects of unemployment on generalised social trust
How does unemployment affect generalised social trust? A growing body of work has analysed the scar effects of unemployment on trust. However, this literature has not yet addressed the moderating role of contextual unemployment. In this article, we extend a theoretical framework positing that individual and contextual unemployment depress generalised social trust and formulate competing hypotheses on their interaction. We test these hypotheses re…
The Scar Effects of Unemployment on Electoral Participation
Does unemployment increase or decrease electoral participation? A considerable body of work has examined this classic question, focusing on individual and contextual unemployment. However, this literature has scarcely examined the role of past experiences of unemployment, and not yet addressed their interaction with contextual unemployment. In this article, we extend the framework of unemployment scarring to study electoral behaviour. First, we p…
Are “bad” jobs bad for democracy? Precarious work and electoral participation in Europe
Introduction While socioeconomic inequality in voting has been central for research on electoral participation, recent years have seen radical changes in labor relations. The key issue is increasing prevalence of precarious work, involving dimensions as non-indefinite tenure and limited control over work activities. While occupations traditionally were the locus of political socialization, there is scarce research connecting occupational uncertai…
Demographic behaviour and earnings inequality across OECD countries
Many studies have focused on how demographic dynamics, such as changes in marriage patterns and the increasing share of households headed by a single adult, may contribute to rising earnings inequality. Here we instead ask how demographic differences between countries may underpin differences in household earnings inequality between them, concentrating on economic homogamy and the proportion of households headed by a single woman and by a single …
From gender equality to household earnings equality
We assess the impact that full gender equality in the labour market would have on earnings inequality between households, and then decompose that impact by looking separately at the roles played by gender gaps in employment, hours, and pay. We do this by applying a reweighting method to LIS data for 22 OECD countries, across North America, Europe, and Australia. We find that full equality in earnings and employment between women and men would red…
Scar effects of unemployment on generalised social trust
How does unemployment affect generalised social trust? A growing body of work has analysed the scar effects of unemployment on trust. However, this literature has not yet addressed the moderating role of contextual unemployment. In this article, we extend a theoretical framework positing that individual and contextual unemployment depress generalised social trust and formulate competing hypotheses on their interaction. We test these hypotheses re…
Doubly disadvantaged
Previous studies examine how unemployment affects socio-political behaviour, but this literature has scarcely focused on the role of the life-course. Integrating the frameworks of unemployment scarring and political socialisation, we posit that unemployment experiences, or scars, undermine electoral participation, and that this is exacerbated at younger ages. We test these hypotheses relying on the British Household Panel Survey and Understanding…
Population Dynamics and Policies in Europe
While previous research has focused on the relationship between population dynamics and policies in Europe, there has been scarce attention on dynamics at the NUTS-3 level. By looking at the population measures at subnational regions in Europe we seek to identify average population dynamics since year 2000. We group subnational regions by countries in terms of average population dynamics and assess the connection between population policies in 19…
Uncovering misperceptions of social inequalities
Perceptions of social inequality are shaped not only by individuals' objective social class but also, and more powerfully, by their subjective social status. Drawing on data from the International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) covering 35 countries and 96 country-years between 1992 and 2019, this study disentangles the distinct and interactive effects of class and subjective status on how people perceive social inequality. While individuals in l…
Changing household structures, household employment, and poverty trends in rich countries
Changes in household structures and employment patterns alter the balance between households with an above- versus a below-average poverty risk while also affecting relative income poverty thresholds. Examining 11 countries for which suitable microdata is available from LIS back to the mid-1980s shows that patterns of change in household composition and employment exhibited some common features but also very substantial variation. The share of si…
At Which Level Does Unemployment Affect Political Trust? A Multilevel Analysis Across Europe
How does unemployment at the national, regional, and individual levels affect political trust in Europe? Previous research has assessed the negative impact of unemployment at the national and individual levels on political trust. However, the literature has not yet addressed the interactions between unemployment dynamics across levels, which are increasingly relevant in socio-political research. In this article, we posit that national, regional, …
Cultivating trust? The role of European Union investments in bridging rural-urban divides
Over the last decades, agricultural policies and structural investment funds for regional development have been central to European integration. However, the political effects of these funds, designed to enhance economic and social cohesion within the European Union and address regional disparities, remain contested. Existing research has established that rural residents tend to exhibit lower levels of political trust in the European Union compar…
Where I stand and what I stand for
While research is increasingly focusing on the political influence of subjective social status, it is yet unclear how the latter shapes attitudes towards redistribution on its own, nor how it interacts with contextual inequality. To address this, we integrate perspectives across sociology, political economy, and social psychology, testing competing hypotheses of polarisation vs. mitigation of redistributive attitudes among social groups. We rely …
Disciplinary divides
Personal political interest is key to being an active citizen in a democracy, but not everyone develops it equally. Although higher education is often seen as a main factor in promoting political engagement, recent studies have questioned how much it really matters, pointing instead to self-selection and field-specific educational experiences. This study brought together several theories and applied growth curve analysis using data from the Germa…
Class of origin and voting
Differences in political participation between social classes are well documented, yet less is known about the mechanisms that may reduce these gaps. This article adopts a life-course perspective to investigate whether youth volunteering can mitigate class-based inequalities in electoral participation. Using longitudinal data from Germany, we analyse how class of origin affects voting for the newly enfranchised, how volunteering influences turnou…
Healthcare provision and attitudes towards redistribution. A regional analysis across Europe
This study examines the relationship between the welfare state, individual social class, and views on redistribution. It is hypothesised that the manifestation of the welfare state at the regional level, proxied by the number of beds in hospitals, may attenuate the differences in attitudes towards redistribution between people from different social classes. To address this research question, data from Eurostat is employed in conjunction with data…
Economics (11 works) · Demographic economics (10 works) · Politics (9 works) · Economic growth (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Employment and Welfare Studies (6 works) · Labour economics (6 works) · Social Policy and Reform Studies (6 works) · Inequality (5 works) · Sociology (5 works)