Catherine E. de Vries

@catherinedevries.bsky.social

Vice Dean and Professor at the IE School of Economics, Politics and Global Affairs at IE University, Madrid (she/her) www.catherinedevries.eu Respect the Marble Substack: catherineeunicedevries.substack.com

🚨New paper Like most things in democracies, achieving climate action in the form of sustainable policy needs a significant amount of political mobilization. We investigate when & where this is more likely to happen across places on the climate frontline: the Global South🧵 📌 osf.io/preprints/so...

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Non-citizens use public benefits at lower rates than citizens—despite being more concentrated at the bottom of the income distribution, where these programs are targeted, according to new estimates from Sasha Snyder and Tara Watson.

Immigrant public benefit participation: Our estimates | Brookings

Despite being disproportionately low-income, Brookings researchers find that non-citizens use public benefits at lower rates than citizens. Their estimates show why measurement choices shape this conc...

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De rek is eruit na decennia neoliberaal beleid: Huisartsenzorg, rest vd zorg, onderwijs, infrastructuur... Het wordt tijd dat de sterkste schouders meer lasten gaan dragen. NL wordt echt een land van private rijkdom en publieke armoe. www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...

Opinie | Met deze tarieven is voor ons huisartsen de grens bereikt

Huisartsentarieven: Om de zorg in Nederland toegankelijk en betaalbaar te houden zijn huisartsen onmisbaar. Maar de huisartsentarieven dekken de kosten niet. Als we de huisartsenzorg willen behouden, ...

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Massive coverage loss in SNAP, and even more massive losses in Medicaid, will be among the *eligible*. Congress designed a dystopian set of administrative requirements that, by design, will make it practically impossible for eligible individuals to access coverage.

Kathleen Bachynski@bachynski.bsky.social · 6d ago

“Experts worry that the litany of unanswered questions surrounding medical frailty will lead to more vulnerable people getting kicked out of the program. Preliminary estimates from the Congressional Budget Office suggest over 7 million people will lose coverage in coming years.”

Should immigrants be allowed to vote? This is a highly politically charged question. In a new research paper and substack piece, me and @tarekjaziri.bsky.social test the biggest objection to letting foreign residents vote locally, and find it doesn't hold up. 🧵 simonhix.substack.com/p/why-not-gi...

Why Not Give Immigrants the Right to Vote?

The fear that allowing foreign residents to vote in local elections would benefit left-wing parties turns out to be wrong.

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IE Political Science Department@iepolisci.bsky.social · 2mo ago

We are hiring! We have 3 tenure track positions open: - Comparative Politics: apply.interfolio.com/188149 - International Relations: apply.interfolio.com/188150 - Political Economy: apply.interfolio.com/188151 All jobs have deadlines Oct 5th. Please help spread the word to potential candidates.

On 7 May 2026, Britain ran a PR experiment: Scottish Parliament: a Mixed-Member Proportional system Welsh Senedd: a (new) Low-Magnitude Party List system Same day, same political context, different outcomes. Which version of PR would be better for Westminster? 🧵

Hanging out with @ccavaille.bsky.social, @ldeblok.bsky.social & @catherinedevries.bsky.social on Zoom to talk about fiscal policy was one of the few good things that happened during the pandemic. It's been fun to work on this since and I'm very happy to see the paper out at @cpsjournal.bsky.social!

Charlotte Cavaille@ccavaille.bsky.social · 4mo ago

New paper with @bjoernbremer.bsky.social and @catherinedevries.bsky.social out! The Limits of Public Support for Fiscal Consolidation: Survey Evidence From Great Britain (1/7) journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...