This dataset supports a study on the electoral influence of progressive Catholic bishops in Brazil following the appointment of Pope John Paul II. It leverages as-if random variation in municipalities' exposure to these bishops to analyze their impact on support for the left-wing Workers' Party (PT).
Use Cases
- Analyze the correlation between municipality-level exposure to progressive bishops and Workers' Party (PT) vote share.
- Model the electoral impact of bishops' redistributive beliefs on left-wing party development.
- Investigate the as-if random variation in exposure to bishops as a natural experiment for causal inference.
Strengths
- Data is associated with a peer-reviewed study published in the American Political Science Review.
- The analysis leverages a quasi-experimental design using as-if random variation for causal claims.
- The dataset was last updated in February 2026.
Limitations
- The specific data structure, column names, row count, and file formats are unknown from the provided input.
- The temporal and precise geographic coverage of the underlying data are not specified.
- The dataset's license and accessibility details are not provided.
Provenance
- Source
- American Political Science Review Dataverse
- Collection Method
- Leverages as-if random variation in municipalities' exposure to progressive Catholic bishops for analysis.
- Time Range
- Period following the appointment of Pope John Paul II.
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Brazil