Brendan Apfeld
Biographic Data
| ID | 4396134 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Brendan Apfeld |
| GIVEN NAMES | Brendan |
| FAMILY NAME | Apfeld |
| SIGNATURE | APFELD B |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Texas at Austin |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6506-2363 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The impact of university attendance on partisanship
Survey research shows that those with university degrees are more left-liberal along a number of dimensions than their peers without higher education. There is even some evidence to suggest a growing social and political cleavage centered on educational attainment. Yet, claims about the liberalizing effect of universities on political ideology and partisan identification rest on observational evidence where many assumptions are required to reach …
Higher Education and Cultural Liberalism
Some studies suggest that university attendance exerts a liberalizing effect on attitudes toward cultural issues such as sexuality and sexual identity, prostitution, drug addiction, abortion, capital punishment, divorce, parenting, gender, race, religion, science, and technology. Other studies find only a weak effect or no effect. Divergent findings may stem from research designs that rest largely on observational data when assignment to treatmen…
Deep Roots of Modern Democracy
This book explores the deep roots of modern democracy, focusing on geography and long-term patterns of global diffusion. Its geographic argument centers on access to the sea, afforded by natural harbors which enhance the mobility of people, goods, capital, and ideas. The extraordinary connectivity of harbor regions thereby affected economic development, the structure of the military, statebuilding, and openness to the world – and, through these p…
Education and Social Capital
Early research suggested that education was a major factor in structuring rates of political participation and social capital. More recent work based on experimental or quasi-experimental evidence offers mixed findings. In this study, we enlist a unique research setting in Romania, where passing the baccalaureate is required for entrance into university, setting up the occasion for a fuzzy RD design. The sample is drawn from a cross section of Ro…
Education prioritization and language spread
Given the importance of language for state building, many governments undertake language planning efforts to ensure their citizens can speak an – if not, the – official language. Yet the mere act of designating a language as official is not sufficient for the language to be widely spoken across the population. In this paper we ask, what explains official language spread? We argue whether citizens can speak an official language – either as a first…
Higher Education and Cultural Liberalism
Some studies suggest that university attendance exerts a liberalizing effect on attitudes toward cultural issues such as sexuality and sexual identity, prostitution, drug addiction, abortion, capital punishment, divorce, parenting, gender, race, religion, science, and technology. Other studies find only a weak effect or no effect. Divergent findings may stem from research designs that rest largely on observational data when assignment to treatmen…
Education and Social Capital
Early research suggested that education was a major factor in structuring rates of political participation and social capital. More recent work based on experimental or quasi-experimental evidence offers mixed findings. In this study, we enlist a unique research setting in Romania, where passing the baccalaureate is required for entrance into university, setting up the occasion for a fuzzy RD design. The sample is drawn from a cross section of Ro…
The impact of university attendance on partisanship
Survey research shows that those with university degrees are more left-liberal along a number of dimensions than their peers without higher education. There is even some evidence to suggest a growing social and political cleavage centered on educational attainment. Yet, claims about the liberalizing effect of universities on political ideology and partisan identification rest on observational evidence where many assumptions are required to reach …
Education prioritization and language spread
Given the importance of language for state building, many governments undertake language planning efforts to ensure their citizens can speak an – if not, the – official language. Yet the mere act of designating a language as official is not sufficient for the language to be widely spoken across the population. In this paper we ask, what explains official language spread? We argue whether citizens can speak an official language – either as a first…
Education prioritization and language spread
Given the importance of language for state building, many governments undertake language planning efforts to ensure their citizens can speak an – if not, the – official language. Yet the mere act of designating a language as official is not sufficient for the language to be widely spoken across the population. In this paper we ask, what explains official language spread? We argue whether citizens can speak an official language – either as a first…
Education and Social Capital
Early research suggested that education was a major factor in structuring rates of political participation and social capital. More recent work based on experimental or quasi-experimental evidence offers mixed findings. In this study, we enlist a unique research setting in Romania, where passing the baccalaureate is required for entrance into university, setting up the occasion for a fuzzy RD design. The sample is drawn from a cross section of Ro…
Deep Roots of Modern Democracy
This book explores the deep roots of modern democracy, focusing on geography and long-term patterns of global diffusion. Its geographic argument centers on access to the sea, afforded by natural harbors which enhance the mobility of people, goods, capital, and ideas. The extraordinary connectivity of harbor regions thereby affected economic development, the structure of the military, statebuilding, and openness to the world – and, through these p…
Higher Education and Cultural Liberalism
Some studies suggest that university attendance exerts a liberalizing effect on attitudes toward cultural issues such as sexuality and sexual identity, prostitution, drug addiction, abortion, capital punishment, divorce, parenting, gender, race, religion, science, and technology. Other studies find only a weak effect or no effect. Divergent findings may stem from research designs that rest largely on observational data when assignment to treatmen…
The impact of university attendance on partisanship
Survey research shows that those with university degrees are more left-liberal along a number of dimensions than their peers without higher education. There is even some evidence to suggest a growing social and political cleavage centered on educational attainment. Yet, claims about the liberalizing effect of universities on political ideology and partisan identification rest on observational evidence where many assumptions are required to reach …
Law (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Attendance (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Demographic economics (2 works) · Electoral Systems and Political Participation (2 works)