Luna Bellani
Biographic Data
| ID | 279370 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Luna Bellani |
| GIVEN NAMES | Luna |
| FAMILY NAME | Bellani |
| SIGNATURE | BELLANI L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universität Ulm |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4640-2967 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 45 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Bridging the gender gap: Women’s education and political representation
Gender disparity is present in many aspects of life, especially in politics. This paper provides new evidence on the impact of women’s education on political representation focusing on several European countries. We combine multi-country data from the Gender Statistics Database of the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) and from the European Social Survey (ESS). Using an IV strategy, we find that increased female education significantly…
Social Norms and Female Labour Force Participation in Bangladesh: The Role of Social Expectations and Reference Networks
A large proportion of Bangladesh’s working age female youth population is not in employment, education or training (NEET). Reducing this figure is an important policy objective. However, there is a broad consensus that pervasive gender norms in Bangladesh and other countries in the Global South hinder this goal. This study analyses the social basis of support for young working women. It departs from a theoretical understanding of norms as conting…
Healthcare deservingness: How Risk Factors and Income Shape Responsibility Attribution for Health Outcomes and Healthcare Costs
Amidst the global surge in healthcare expenditures, there is a growing political and academic debate about individual versus collective responsibility for health and healthcare costs. This study explores the causal effects of health risks and income cues on citizens' attribution of responsibility for health outcomes and healthcare costs. An original vignette experiment was conducted among the German population. Those in need of medical treatment …
Can the court bridge the gap? Public perception of economic vs. generational inequalities in climate change mitigation policies
Climate change and most climate policies affect and reinforce different forms of inequalities. For instance, climate change policies that aim to change consumer behavior by increasing the price tag of goods and services that cause carbon emissions often carry a disproportionately higher burden (in terms of financial cost) to those with lower incomes. They can thereby either exacerbate existing income inequalities or contribute to generating new o…
Social mobility and education policy: A District-Level Analysis of Legislative Behavior
A vast literature has examined how perceptions of mobility shape demand for redistribution. These studies generally refer to contemporaneous tax policies demanded by those directly impacted. But social mobility is often measured as changes across generations. To account for these intergenerational effects, our analysis focuses on educational policies. We examine how social mobility at the district level explains legislative support for inclusive …
Strategic compromise, policy bundling and interest group power: Theory and evidence on education policy
Collective negative shocks and preferences for redistribution: Evidence from the Covid-19 crisis in Germany
Using new data from a three-wave panel survey administered in Germany between May 2020 and May 2021, this paper studies the impact of a negative shock affecting all strata of the population, such as the development of COVID-19, on preferences for redistribution. Exploiting the plausibly exogenous change in the severity of the infection rate at the county level, we show that, contrary to some theoretical expectations, the worse the crisis, the les…
The Long Shadow of Slavery: The Persistence of Slave Owners in Southern Lawmaking
This paper documents the persistence of Southern slave owners in political power after the American Civil War. Using data from Texas, we show that former slave owners made up more than half of all state legislators until the late 1890s. Legislators with slave-owning backgrounds were more likely to be Democrats and voted more conservatively even conditional on party membership. A county's propensity to elect former slave owners was positively corr…
Heterogeneity in preferences for redistribution and public spending: A cross-country analysis
Economic disturbances in the Covid-19 crisis and their gendered impact on unpaid activities in Germany and Italy
This article investigates whether changes in women’s and men’s contributions to household income in Germany and Italy during the COVID-19 pandemic are associated with changes in unpaid work. The current health crisis represents a unique opportunity to explore these topics, because the restrictive measures imposed during the lockdown are likely to have generated an unexpected shock to both domestic work and individual ability to contribute to hous…
Multidimensional indices of deprivation: The introduction of reference groups weights
Deprivation, Social Exclusion and Subjective Well-Being
Deprivation, Social Exclusion and Subjective Well-Being
Economic disturbances in the Covid-19 crisis and their gendered impact on unpaid activities in Germany and Italy
This article investigates whether changes in women’s and men’s contributions to household income in Germany and Italy during the COVID-19 pandemic are associated with changes in unpaid work. The current health crisis represents a unique opportunity to explore these topics, because the restrictive measures imposed during the lockdown are likely to have generated an unexpected shock to both domestic work and individual ability to contribute to hous…
The Long Shadow of Slavery: The Persistence of Slave Owners in Southern Lawmaking
This paper documents the persistence of Southern slave owners in political power after the American Civil War. Using data from Texas, we show that former slave owners made up more than half of all state legislators until the late 1890s. Legislators with slave-owning backgrounds were more likely to be Democrats and voted more conservatively even conditional on party membership. A county's propensity to elect former slave owners was positively corr…
Multidimensional indices of deprivation: The introduction of reference groups weights
Healthcare deservingness: How Risk Factors and Income Shape Responsibility Attribution for Health Outcomes and Healthcare Costs
Amidst the global surge in healthcare expenditures, there is a growing political and academic debate about individual versus collective responsibility for health and healthcare costs. This study explores the causal effects of health risks and income cues on citizens' attribution of responsibility for health outcomes and healthcare costs. An original vignette experiment was conducted among the German population. Those in need of medical treatment …
Deprivation, Social Exclusion and Subjective Well-Being
Multidimensional indices of deprivation: The introduction of reference groups weights
Heterogeneity in preferences for redistribution and public spending: A cross-country analysis
Economic disturbances in the Covid-19 crisis and their gendered impact on unpaid activities in Germany and Italy
This article investigates whether changes in women’s and men’s contributions to household income in Germany and Italy during the COVID-19 pandemic are associated with changes in unpaid work. The current health crisis represents a unique opportunity to explore these topics, because the restrictive measures imposed during the lockdown are likely to have generated an unexpected shock to both domestic work and individual ability to contribute to hous…
The Long Shadow of Slavery: The Persistence of Slave Owners in Southern Lawmaking
This paper documents the persistence of Southern slave owners in political power after the American Civil War. Using data from Texas, we show that former slave owners made up more than half of all state legislators until the late 1890s. Legislators with slave-owning backgrounds were more likely to be Democrats and voted more conservatively even conditional on party membership. A county's propensity to elect former slave owners was positively corr…
Strategic compromise, policy bundling and interest group power: Theory and evidence on education policy
Collective negative shocks and preferences for redistribution: Evidence from the Covid-19 crisis in Germany
Using new data from a three-wave panel survey administered in Germany between May 2020 and May 2021, this paper studies the impact of a negative shock affecting all strata of the population, such as the development of COVID-19, on preferences for redistribution. Exploiting the plausibly exogenous change in the severity of the infection rate at the county level, we show that, contrary to some theoretical expectations, the worse the crisis, the les…
Can the court bridge the gap? Public perception of economic vs. generational inequalities in climate change mitigation policies
Climate change and most climate policies affect and reinforce different forms of inequalities. For instance, climate change policies that aim to change consumer behavior by increasing the price tag of goods and services that cause carbon emissions often carry a disproportionately higher burden (in terms of financial cost) to those with lower incomes. They can thereby either exacerbate existing income inequalities or contribute to generating new o…
Social mobility and education policy: A District-Level Analysis of Legislative Behavior
A vast literature has examined how perceptions of mobility shape demand for redistribution. These studies generally refer to contemporaneous tax policies demanded by those directly impacted. But social mobility is often measured as changes across generations. To account for these intergenerational effects, our analysis focuses on educational policies. We examine how social mobility at the district level explains legislative support for inclusive …
Bridging the gender gap: Women’s education and political representation
Gender disparity is present in many aspects of life, especially in politics. This paper provides new evidence on the impact of women’s education on political representation focusing on several European countries. We combine multi-country data from the Gender Statistics Database of the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) and from the European Social Survey (ESS). Using an IV strategy, we find that increased female education significantly…
Social Norms and Female Labour Force Participation in Bangladesh: The Role of Social Expectations and Reference Networks
A large proportion of Bangladesh’s working age female youth population is not in employment, education or training (NEET). Reducing this figure is an important policy objective. However, there is a broad consensus that pervasive gender norms in Bangladesh and other countries in the Global South hinder this goal. This study analyses the social basis of support for young working women. It departs from a theoretical understanding of norms as conting…
Healthcare deservingness: How Risk Factors and Income Shape Responsibility Attribution for Health Outcomes and Healthcare Costs
Amidst the global surge in healthcare expenditures, there is a growing political and academic debate about individual versus collective responsibility for health and healthcare costs. This study explores the causal effects of health risks and income cues on citizens' attribution of responsibility for health outcomes and healthcare costs. An original vignette experiment was conducted among the German population. Those in need of medical treatment …
Economics (10 works) · Demographic economics (8 works) · Political science (7 works) · Politics (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Electoral Systems and Political Participation (4 works) · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Mathematics (3 works) · Public economics (3 works)