The Europe Center is jointly housed in the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and the Stanford Global Studies Division.
Demographics
Scholarly Publications
The Intertemporal Keynesian Cross
September 2018
We demonstrate the importance of intertemporal marginal propensities to consume (iMPCs) in disciplining general equilibrium models with heterogeneous agents and nominal rigidities.
The Social Effects of Ethnic Diversity at the Local Level: A Natural Experiment with Exogenous Residential Allocation
June 2016
Relying on diversity measures computed at the apartment block level under conditions of exogenous allocation of public housing in France, this paper identifies the effects of ethnic diversity on...
Have the poor always been less likely to migrate? Evidence from inheritance practices during the Age of Mass Migration
May 2013
Using novel data on 50,000 Norwegian men, we study the effect of wealth on the probability of internal or international migration during the Age of Mass Migration (1850–1913), a time when the US...
Other Publications
Getting Serious about Race
July 2017
With every passing election, it seems clearer and clearer that the Western world's rich democracies are going through a fundamental political realignment.
News
Anti-Semitism surge in Europe reflects loss of values, historical awareness, says Stanford scholar
September 2014
European leaders need to speak out more strongly against the escalation of anti-Semitism, a Stanford professor says."They should be willing to enforce the law," said Russell Berman, a Stanford...
Events
Book Talk: "The Great Leveler: Violence and the History of Inequality from the Stone Age to the Twenty-First Century" with Walter Scheidel
October 27, 2016
DUE TO THE OVERWHELMING RESPONSE FOR THIS EVENT, WE ARE NOW FULLY BOOKED AND UNABLE TO TAKE FURTHER RSVPS. Are mass violence and catastrophes the only forces that can seriously decrease economic...
The Luxury Goods Vote: Why the Left Loses from Asymmetric Electoral Accountability
January 15, 2015
Voters often punish incumbent parties for poor economic performance; whether they treat left and right governments differently is less clear. The literature hosts multiple disconnected and often...