Banksy: Anti-migration birds mural in Clacton-on-Sea, England. Picture from banksy.co.uk

Immigration & Politics

Hostility toward Immigrants

• D. Hangartner, E. Dinas, M. Marbach, K. Matakos, and D. Xefteris. Does Exposure to the Refugee Crisis Make Natives More Hostile?, American Political Science Review 113(2):442–455, 2019. [Paper] [Preprint] [Code and Data]

  • 2020 Michael Wallerstein Best Article Award, APSA Political Economy Section
  • Media coverage: Syrische Flüchtlinge zieht es in Brandenburg vom Land in die Städte by rbb24.

• M. Marbach and C. Horz. Access Denied: How Bureaucrats Shape Politicians’ Incentives to Choose Restrictive Asylum Policies. Political Science Research and Methods, 2024. [Paper] [Preprint]

• M. Marbach. The Electoral Consequences of Restricting Labor Market Access for Refugees: Evidence from Germany. Working Paper, 2023. [[Abstract]]

• M. Marbach and G. Ropers. Not in my Backyard: Do Increases in Immigration Cause Political Violence? IPL Working Paper No. 18-02. [Working Paper]

Immigrant Integration

• M. Herpell, M. Marbach, N. Harder, A. Orlova, D. Hangartner, and J. Hainmueller. The Impact of Private Hosting on the Integration of Ukrainian Refugees. IPL Working Paper No. 24-02, 2024. [Preprint]

• M. Marbach, E. Vallizadeh, N. Harder, J. Hainmueller, and D. Hangartner. Does Ad Hoc Language Training Improve the Economic Integration of Refugees? Evidence from Germany’s Response to the Syrian Refugee Crisis . Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A, 2024. [Preprint] [Policy Brief]

  • Media coverage: Wenn das Warten auf den Integrationskurs noch länger dauert by Evangelische Zeitung.

• J. Ferwerda, M. Marbach, and D. Hangartner. Do Immigrants Move to Welfare? Subnational Evidence from Switzerland. American Journal of Political Science (forthcoming), 68(3):874–890, 2024. [Paper] [Preprint] [Code] [Policy Brief]

  • Media coverage: Wohin Sozialhilfe-Bezüger ziehen by Blick, Les gens ne déménageraient pas pour toucher plus d’aide sociale by Tribune de Geneve, Do higher benefits encourage immigration? by UCL Uncovering Politics Podcast.

• M. Marbach, J. Hainmueller, and D. Hangartner. The Long-term Impact of Employment Bans on the Economic Integration of Refugees. Science Advances, 4:eaap9519, 2018. [Paper] [Preprint] [Code] [Policy brief]

  • Media coverage: Teure Arbeitsverbote für Asylbewerber by Der Standard, Arbeitsverbot für Flüchtlinge ist teuer by science.ORF.at, Refugees Are Coming. Should They Work? by U.S. News & World Report.

Emigration

• R. Dancygier, S.H. Dehdari, D. D. Laitin, M. Marbach, and K. Vernby. Emigration and Radical Right Populism. American Journal of Political Science (forthcoming), 2023. [Paper] [Preprint] [Data and Code] [Policy Brief]

  • Media coverage: Emigration: The hidden catalyst behind the rise of the radical right in Europe’s depopulating regions by The Conversation

• C. Horz and M. Marbach. Economic Opportunities, Emigration and Exit Prisoners. British Journal of Political Science, 52(1):21 –40, 2022. [Paper] [Data and Code]

Political Methodology

Principal Stratification

• M. Marbach. Causal Effects, Migration and Legacy Studies. American Journal of Political Science (forthcoming), 68(4):1447–1459, 2024. [Paper] [Preprint] [Data and Code]

• M. Marbach and D. Hangartner. Profiling Compliers and Non-Compliers for Instrumental Variable Analysis. Political Analysis, (28)3: 435–444, 2020. [Paper] [Preprint] [Software] [Data and Code]

• D. Hangartner, M. Marbach, L. Henckel, M. Maathuis, R. Kelz, and L. Keele. Profiling Compliers in Instrumental Variables Designs. [Working Paper]

Missing Data

• M. Marbach. On Imputing UNHCR Data. Research and Politics, 5(4):, 2018. [Paper] [Data and Code] [Github]

• M. Marbach. Choosing Imputation Models. Political Analysis, 30(4):597–605, 2022. [Paper] [Preprint] [Software] [Data and Code]

• M. Marbach. Analyzing Decision Records from Committees. Political Science Research and Methods, 9(4):832–848, 2021. [Paper] [Data and Code]

Measurement

• T. König, M. Marbach, and M. Osnabrügge. Estimating Party Positions across Countries and Time. A Dynamic Latent Variable Model for Manifesto Data. Political Analysis, 21(4):468–491, 2013. [Paper] [Data and Code]

• T. König, M. Marbach, and M. Osnabrügge. Left/Right or U? Estimating the Dimensionality of National Party Competition in Europe. The Journal of Politics, 79(3):1101–1105, 2017. [Paper] [Data and Code]

• J.-E. Flentje, T. König, and M. Marbach. Assessing the Validity of the Manifesto Common Space Scores. Electoral Studies, 47:25–35, 2017. [Paper] [Data and Code]

Side Projects

• C. Horz, M. Marbach, and C. Steinert. Environmental Pollution and Authoritarian Politics. The Journal of Politics 85(2):524–536, 2023. [Paper] [Data and Code]

  • 2023 Honorable mention for the Southern Political Science Association’s Joseph Bernd Award

• M. Marbach, D. Ward, and D. Hangartner. COVID-19 Lockdown Policies Weaken Civic Attitudes in the US and Europe. Working Paper, 2021. [Working Paper]