Jakub Lonsky
Biographic Data
| ID | 979423 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jakub Lonsky |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jakub |
| FAMILY NAME | Lonsky |
| SIGNATURE | LONSKY J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oxford |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7184-5102 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Road to Crime
The necessity to overhaul national infrastructure has become one of the key issues of US domestic policy in recent years. While the benefits of infrastructure spending are often straightforward, its unintended consequences are less well understood. This paper studies the impact of transportation infrastructure on local crime, focusing on the construction of the Interstate Highway System, the largest public works project in US history. Using a sta…
How did the Covid-19 pandemic affect cancer patients in England who had hospital appointments cancelled
Data availability: The data that has been used is confidential
The Resilience of the Russian mafia
Criminal organizations constantly face challenges that threaten their existence. This paper discusses the effects that state repression and state transformation have on criminal organizations and how such organizations respond. We focus on the case of the Russian mafia, known as the vory-v-zakone. We identify the key challenges faced by the vory throughout Soviet and Russian history and examine how the Russian mafia adapted to such threats. We co…
Does immigration decrease far-right popularity? Evidence from Finnish municipalities
Across Europe, far-right parties have made significant electoral gains in recent years. Their anti-immigration stance is considered one of the main factors behind their success. Using data from Finland, this paper studies the effect of immigration on voting for the far-right Finns Party on a local level. Exploiting a convenient setup for a shift-share instrument, I find that a 1 percentage point increase in the share of foreign citizens in a muni…
Does immigration decrease far-right popularity? Evidence from Finnish municipalities
Across Europe, far-right parties have made significant electoral gains in recent years. Their anti-immigration stance is considered one of the main factors behind their success. Using data from Finland, this paper studies the effect of immigration on voting for the far-right Finns Party on a local level. Exploiting a convenient setup for a shift-share instrument, I find that a 1 percentage point increase in the share of foreign citizens in a muni…
The Resilience of the Russian mafia
Criminal organizations constantly face challenges that threaten their existence. This paper discusses the effects that state repression and state transformation have on criminal organizations and how such organizations respond. We focus on the case of the Russian mafia, known as the vory-v-zakone. We identify the key challenges faced by the vory throughout Soviet and Russian history and examine how the Russian mafia adapted to such threats. We co…
The Road to Crime
The necessity to overhaul national infrastructure has become one of the key issues of US domestic policy in recent years. While the benefits of infrastructure spending are often straightforward, its unintended consequences are less well understood. This paper studies the impact of transportation infrastructure on local crime, focusing on the construction of the Interstate Highway System, the largest public works project in US history. Using a sta…
Does immigration decrease far-right popularity? Evidence from Finnish municipalities
Across Europe, far-right parties have made significant electoral gains in recent years. Their anti-immigration stance is considered one of the main factors behind their success. Using data from Finland, this paper studies the effect of immigration on voting for the far-right Finns Party on a local level. Exploiting a convenient setup for a shift-share instrument, I find that a 1 percentage point increase in the share of foreign citizens in a muni…
The Resilience of the Russian mafia
Criminal organizations constantly face challenges that threaten their existence. This paper discusses the effects that state repression and state transformation have on criminal organizations and how such organizations respond. We focus on the case of the Russian mafia, known as the vory-v-zakone. We identify the key challenges faced by the vory throughout Soviet and Russian history and examine how the Russian mafia adapted to such threats. We co…
The Road to Crime
The necessity to overhaul national infrastructure has become one of the key issues of US domestic policy in recent years. While the benefits of infrastructure spending are often straightforward, its unintended consequences are less well understood. This paper studies the impact of transportation infrastructure on local crime, focusing on the construction of the Interstate Highway System, the largest public works project in US history. Using a sta…
How did the Covid-19 pandemic affect cancer patients in England who had hospital appointments cancelled
Data availability: The data that has been used is confidential
Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Crime Patterns and Interventions (2 works) · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses (2 works) · 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak (1 work) · Affect (linguistics (1 work)