Dominik Hangartner
Leonhardshalde 21
LEH D 5
CH-8092 Zürich
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Dominik Hangartner is a professor of public policy and faculty co-director of the external pageImmigration Policy Lab.
Dominik received his Ph.D. in social science from the University of Bern in 2011. In the same year, he joined the London School of Economics as an assistant professor and was promoted to tenured associate professor in 2013. He joined ETH Zurich in 2017, and was promoted to full professor at the end of 2020.
Dominik uses field work and statistics to study the effects of migration policies and political institutions. His work has been published in leading disciplinary journals such as the American Journal of Political Science and the American Political Science Review, as well as leading as general-interest journals such as Nature, Science, and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. He has received several awards and grants including the external pagePhilip Leverhulme Prize, the external pageNational Latsis Prize, and an ERC Starting Grant.
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Research highlights
external pageMonitoring hiring discrimination through online recruitment platforms (with Daniel Kopp and Michael Siegenthaler) Nature (2021). Nature Cover
external pageDoes Exposure to the Refugee Crisis Make Natives More Hostile? (with Elias Dinas, Moritz Marbach, Konstantinos Matakos, and Dimitrios Xefteris) American Political Science Review (2019).
external pageDoes Direct Democracy Hurt Immigrant Minorities? Evidence from Naturalization Decisions in Switzerland (with Jens Hainmueller) American Journal of Political Science (2019).
external pageEthnic networks can foster the economic integration of refugees (with Linna Martén and Jens Hainmueller) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2019).
external pageMultidimensional measure of immigrant integration (with David D. Laitin, Lucila Figueroa, Rachel M. Gillum, Jens Hainmueller and Niklas Harder) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2018).
external pageImproving refugee integration through data-driven algorithmic assignment (with Kirk Bansak, Jeremy Ferwerda, Jens Hainmueller, Andrea Dillion, Duncan Lawrence, and Jeremy Weinstein) Science (2018).
external pageCatalyst or Crown: Does Naturalization Promote the Long-Term Social Integration of Immigrants? (with Jens Hainmueller and Giuseppe Pietrantuono) American Political Science Review (2017).
external pageHow Economic, Humanitarian, and Religious Concerns Shape European Attitudes toward Asylum-Seekers (with Kirk Bansak and Jens Hainmueller) Science (2016).
external pageDoes Compulsory Voting Increase Support for Leftist Policy? (with Michael Bechtel and Lukas Schmid) American Journal of Political Science (2016).
external pageNaturalization Fosters the Long-Term Political Integration of Immigrants (with Jens Hainmueller and Giuseppe Pietrantuono) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2015).
external pageValidating vignette and conjoint survey experiments against real-world behavior (with Jens Hainmueller and Teppei Yamamoto) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2015).
external pageWho Gets a Swiss Passport? A Natural Experiment in Immigrant Discrimination (with Jens Hainmueller) American Political Science Review (2013).
All Publications
external pageMonitoring hiring discrimination through online recruitment platforms (with Daniel Kopp and Michael Siegenthaler) Nature (2021). Nature Cover
external pageUsing Eye-Tracking to Understand Decision-Making in Conjoint Experiments (with Libby Jenke, Kirk Bansak and Jens Hainmueller) Political Analysis (2021).
external pageAttitudes toward Migrants in a Highly Impacted Economy: Evidence from the Syrian Refugee Crisis in Jordan (with Ala’ Alrababa’h, Andrea Dillon, Scott Williamson, Jens Hainmueller and Jeremy Weinstein) Comparative Political Studies (2021).
external pageProfiling Compliers and Noncompliers for Instrumental-Variable Analysis (with Moritz Marbach) Political Analysis (2020).
external pageThe Effect of Citizenship Increases on the Long-Term Earnings of Marginalized Immigrants: Quasi-experimental Evidence from Switzerland (with Jens Hainmueller and Dalston Ward) Science Advances (2019).
external pageDoes Exposure to the Refugee Crisis Make Natives More Hostile? (with Elias Dinas, Moritz Marbach, Konstantinos Matakos, and Dimitrios Xefteris) American Political Science Review (2019).
external pageDoes Direct Democracy Hurt Immigrant Minorities? Evidence from Naturalization Decisions in Switzerland (with Jens Hainmueller) American Journal of Political Science (2019).
external pageEthnic networks can foster the economic integration of refugees (with Linna Martén and Jens Hainmueller) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2019).
external pageWaking Up the Golden Dawn: Does Exposure to the Refugee Crisis Increase Support for Extreme-Right Parties? (with Elias Dinas, Konstantinos Matakos, and Dimitrios Xefteris) Political Analysis (2019).
external pageMultidimensional measure of immigrant integration (with David D. Laitin, Lucila Figueroa, Rachel M. Gillum, Jens Hainmueller and Niklas Harder) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2018).
external pageCompulsory Voting, Habit Formation, and Political Participation (with Michael Bechtel and Lukas Schmid) Review of Economics and Statistics (2018).
external pageThe long-term impact of employment bans on the economic integration of refugees (with Moritz Marbach and Jens Hainmueller) Science Advances (2018).
external pageImproving refugee integration through data-driven algorithmic assignment (with Kirk Bansak, Jeremy Ferwerda, Jens Hainmueller, Andrea Dillion, Duncan Lawrence, and Jeremy Weinstein) Science (2018).
external pageEuropeans support a proportional allocation of asylum seekers (with Kirk Bansak and Jens Hainmueller) Nature Human Behavior (2017).
external pageCatalyst or Crown: Does Naturalization Promote the Long-Term Social Integration of Immigrants? (with Jens Hainmueller and Giuseppe Pietrantuono) American Political Science Review (2017).
external pageOpen/Closed List and Party Choice: Experimental Evidence from the U.K. (with Jack Blumenau, Andrew Eggers, and Simon Hix) British Journal of Political Science (2017).
external pageHow Economic, Humanitarian, and Religious Concerns Shape European Attitudes toward Asylum-Seekers (with Kirk Bansak and Jens Hainmueller) Science (2016).
external pageWhen lives are put on hold: Lengthy asylum processes decrease employment among refugees (with Jens Hainmueller and Duncan Lawrence) Science Advances (2016).
external pageExamination of the Synthetic Control Method for Evaluating Health Policies with Multiple Treated Units (with Noemi Kreif, Richard Grief, Alex Turner, Sylviya Nikolova, and Matt Sutton) Health Economics (2016).
external pageDoes Compulsory Voting Increase Support for Leftist Policy? (with Michael Bechtel and Lukas Schmid) American Journal of Political Science (2016).
external pageNaturalization Fosters the Long-Term Political Integration of Immigrants (with Jens Hainmueller and Giuseppe Pietrantuono) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2015).
external pageReality Bites: The Limits of Framing Effects for Salient and Contested Policy Issues (with Michael Bechtel, Jens Hainmueller, and Marc Helbling) Political Science Research and Methods (2015).
external pageValidating vignette and conjoint survey experiments against real-world behavior (with Jens Hainmueller and Teppei Yamamoto). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2015).
external pageWho Gets a Swiss Passport? A Natural Experiment in Immigrant Discrimination (with Jens Hainmueller) American Political Science Review (2013).
"Religious reasons in the public sphere: an empirical study of religious actors' argumentative patterns in Swiss direct-democratic campaigns" (with André Bächtiger, Judith Könemann, Ansgar Jödicke) European Political Science Review (2013).
external pageCircular Data in Political Science and How to Handle It (with Jeff Gill) Political Analysis (2010).
"Comparing Candidates and Citizens in the Ideological Space" (with Philipp Leimgruber and Lucas Leemann) Swiss Political Science Review (2010).
"When Political Philosophy Meets Political Science. Theoretical and Methodological Challenges in the Study of a Philosophical Ideal" (with André Bächtiger) Political Studies (2010).
"Die Untersuchung verdeckter Populationen: Eine Capture-Recapture Studie mit Heroinabhängigen" [Investigating Hidden Populations: A Capture-Recapture Study with Heroin Addicts] (with Thomas Gautschi) Zeitschrift für Soziologie (2010).
"Zwölf Jahre nach Letten. Die Konsumenten harter Drogen in den Zürcher Kontakt- und Anlaufstellen" [Twelve Years after Needlepark. A Survey of Heroin Addicts in Zurich] (with Thomas Gautschi) Swiss Journal of Sociology (2009).
"Patterns of Parliamentary Discourse: How 'Deliberative' are German Legislative Debates?" (with André Bächtiger, Pia Hess, and Céline Fraefel) German Politics (2008).
"Mixing Habermas with Bayes: Methodological and Theoretical Advances in the Study of Deliberation" (with André Bächtiger, Rita Grünenfelder, and Marco Steenbergen) Swiss Political Science Review (2007).
"Traffic Accidents in Switzerland: How Hazardous Are 'High Risk' Groups? An Analysis on Basis of Police Protocols" (with Aline Bütikofer and Thomas Gautschi) Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics (2007).
"Social Networks and Labour Market Outcomes: The Non-Monetary Benefits of Social Capital" (with Axel Franzen) European Sociological Review (2006).
"Size Does Matter: Körpergrösse, Humankapital und Einkommen" [Size Does Matter: Body Height, Human Capital, and Income] (with Thomas Gautschi) Soziale Welt (2006).
"Soziale Netzwerke und beruflicher Erfolg" [Social Networks and Occupational Success] (with Axel Franzen) Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie (2005).