Research
Publications
Pahontu, RL (2026) The Democrat Disaster: Hurricane Exposure, Risk Aversion and Insurance Demand, The Journal of Politics, 88(1):299–315
Coverage: KCL News | LSE USAPP | National Affairs
Pahontu, RL and Poupakis, S (2025) Resemblance and Discrimination in Elections, The Journal of Politics, 87(4):1639–1644
Coverage: KCL News | LSE USAPP | Marginal Revolution | National Affairs
Green, J and Pahontu, RL (2024) Mind the Gap: Why Wealthy Voters Support Brexit, British Journal of Political Science, 54(4):1067–1087
Coverage: KCL News | The Guardian | The Economist | New Statesman | UK in a Changing Europe
Pahontu, RL, Hooijer, G and Rueda, D (2024) Insuring Against Hunger? Long-Term Political Consequences of Exposure to the Dutch Famine, Journal of Historical Political Economy, 4(1):33–58
Blumenau, J, Hicks, T and Pahontu, RL (2023) Risk and Preferences for Government Healthcare Spending: Evidence from the UK COVID-19 Crisis, British Journal of Political Science, 53(3):1070–1080
Pahontu, Raluca L. (2022) Divisive Jobs: Three Facets of Risk, Precarity and Redistribution, Political Science Research and Methods, 10(3):507–523
Work in Progress
The Limits of Housing Reform for Political Mobilization (with Tom O’Grady), Under Review
Coverage: KCL News
Employer Authority and The Demand for Constraint, Under Review