Join us this week as we dive into the rise of identity politics in the U.S. and its implications on political behavior. We explore a interesting paper titled “Identity Politics,” published as an Economics Working Paper in March 2023. Authors: Nicola Gennaioli https://scholar.google.it/citations?user=1nnaKEwAAAAJ&hl=en Guido Tabellini: https://scholar.google.ch/citations?user=z2bcm8cAAAAJ&hl=en The institution that supported this work is Bocconi University in Italy. Links for further exploration: ·   Full Paper: https://www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10419/271982/1/cesifo1_wp10338.pdf ·   Data on political adverts: https://mediaproject.wesleyan.edu/ ·   Data on white voting over time: https://electionstudies.org/ Stay Connected: Twitter: https://twitter.com/socsciweekly LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/social-science-weekly/ Tune in to Social Science Weekly, to get just the facts, none of the spin, from the best and most important social science.