Pelle Ahlerup
Biographic Data
| ID | 6455234 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Pelle Ahlerup |
| GIVEN NAMES | Pelle |
| FAMILY NAME | Ahlerup |
| SIGNATURE | AHLERUP P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Gothenburg |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3849-4072 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Climate shocks, regional favoritism and trust in leaders
We examine how droughts affect trust in leaders, linking climate data to African survey respondents, 2002–2018. • We report negative effects of droughts on people’s trust in their president and the effects increase with drought severity. • In line with theories of regional favoritism, droughts increase trust in leaders in leader birth regions and in capitals. • In contrast, when droughts take place in such regions, trust levels fall in other regi…
Gold Mining and Education
Combining Afrobarometer survey data with geocoded data on the discovery and shutdown dates of gold mines, we show that individuals who had gold mines within their district when they were in adolescence have significantly lower educational attainment as adults. Exploring mechanisms, we find that this effect is not driven by endogenous migration, nor a higher incidence of conflicts, nor by a lower provision of schools in mining districts. While dat…
Government Impartiality and Sustained Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa
Many studies suggest that one of the main reasons for Africa’s dismal growth performance over most of the 20th century is its degree of ethnic fragmentation. Yet, there is still insufficient knowledge about whether ethnic diversity necessarily entails large economic costs, or whether the implications of diversity depend, inter alia, on the government’s approach toward the ethnic question. We note that economic growth tends to increase average inc…
Tax Innovations and Public Revenues in Sub-Saharan Africa
We study the effect of two tax innovations – value added taxes (VAT) and autonomous revenue authorities (ARA) – on tax revenues in sub-Saharan Africa. The dataset consists of 47 countries over 1980–2010. We find that VATs have no effect on total tax revenues, neither in the short- nor in the long-run. ARAs lead to higher tax revenues in the short- and medium-run, but the effect dissipates over time. The main conclusion is that tax innovations are…
Government Impartiality and Sustained Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa
Many studies suggest that one of the main reasons for Africa’s dismal growth performance over most of the 20th century is its degree of ethnic fragmentation. Yet, there is still insufficient knowledge about whether ethnic diversity necessarily entails large economic costs, or whether the implications of diversity depend, inter alia, on the government’s approach toward the ethnic question. We note that economic growth tends to increase average inc…
Tax Innovations and Public Revenues in Sub-Saharan Africa
We study the effect of two tax innovations – value added taxes (VAT) and autonomous revenue authorities (ARA) – on tax revenues in sub-Saharan Africa. The dataset consists of 47 countries over 1980–2010. We find that VATs have no effect on total tax revenues, neither in the short- nor in the long-run. ARAs lead to higher tax revenues in the short- and medium-run, but the effect dissipates over time. The main conclusion is that tax innovations are…
Government Impartiality and Sustained Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa
Many studies suggest that one of the main reasons for Africa’s dismal growth performance over most of the 20th century is its degree of ethnic fragmentation. Yet, there is still insufficient knowledge about whether ethnic diversity necessarily entails large economic costs, or whether the implications of diversity depend, inter alia, on the government’s approach toward the ethnic question. We note that economic growth tends to increase average inc…
Gold Mining and Education
Combining Afrobarometer survey data with geocoded data on the discovery and shutdown dates of gold mines, we show that individuals who had gold mines within their district when they were in adolescence have significantly lower educational attainment as adults. Exploring mechanisms, we find that this effect is not driven by endogenous migration, nor a higher incidence of conflicts, nor by a lower provision of schools in mining districts. While dat…
Climate shocks, regional favoritism and trust in leaders
We examine how droughts affect trust in leaders, linking climate data to African survey respondents, 2002–2018. • We report negative effects of droughts on people’s trust in their president and the effects increase with drought severity. • In line with theories of regional favoritism, droughts increase trust in leaders in leader birth regions and in capitals. • In contrast, when droughts take place in such regions, trust levels fall in other regi…
Economics (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Culture, Economy, and Development Studies (2 works) · Development economics (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Ad valorem tax (1 work) · Affect (linguistics (1 work)