Recent social movements stand out by their spontaneous nature and lack of leadership, in a world where social media have opened new opportunities for mobilization.
This raises an important question: have recent protest waves convinced citizens and voters of their claims? ⬇️

In a new paper with Vincent Pons, we provide new systematic evidence on this question in the context of the United States 2017-2022, combining data on the quasi-universe of protests in the U.S. with social media data and high-frequency surveys.

New CEPR Discussion Paper - DP19028
Social Movements and Public Opinion in the #UnitedStates
Amory Gethin Amory Gethin Paris School of Economics World Inequality Lab | WID.world, Vincent Pons Vincent Pons Harvard Business School
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How effective are protests? Protests appear to generate significant internet activity but have a limited effect on attitudes and electoral outcomes, finds Amory Gethin Vincent Pons nber.org/papers/w32342

The effects of 14 social movements since 2017 in the US on online interest, policy views and vote intentions: most effects are precise null, except for the Black Lives Matter protests, from Amory Gethin and Vincent Pons nber.org/papers/w32342

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TLDR: Amory Gethin and Vincent Pons find that between 2017 and 2022 only one social movement in the U.S. changed public opinion: Black Lives Matter.

#BLM shifted opinions on race and increased support for Democrats.

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🌟 What does a functioning democracy look like in practice? How do elections impact a country's economic performance? #CIDFacultyAffiliate Vincent Pons, political economist & HBS professor, shares his thoughts on #CIDVoices . #Democracy
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I study how criminal organizations can expand to strong states by exploiting migrant labor to strike agreements with local actors - that’s how southern Italian mafias moved north.

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