Publications

(forthcoming) Cortina Escuerdo, Martín/Berens, Sarah/Manow, Philip, (2026) International Complementarities of Social Policy Development: How trade flows influenced early welfare state formation. Global Social Policy 

Berens, Sarah/López García, Ana Isabel/Maydom, Barry (2026): Classrooms or Crackdowns? How Violence Affects Security Policy Preferences in Mexico. In: Studies in Comparative International Development, Springer Nature, 61 (1), 10–33. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12116-024-09445-z

López García, Ana Isabel/Berens, Sarah/Maydom, Barry (2024): Emigration, Social Remittances and Fiscal Policy Preferences: Experimental Evidence From Mexico. In: Comparative Political Studies, 57 (11), 1902–1933. https://doi.org/10.1177/00104140231204235

Altamirano, Melina/Berens, Sarah/Ley, Sandra (2024): Security or Social Spending? Perceptions of Insecurity, Victimization, and Policy Priorities in Mexico and Brazil. In: Political Studies, SAGE Publications, 72 (1), 134–157. https://doi.org/10.1177/00323217221096559

Berens, Sarah/Bastiaens, Ida (2024): Divisions among the Poor: A Survey Experiment of Tax Preferences in Liberalizing Brazil. In: Global Social Policy, 24 (3), 456–478. https://doi.org/10.1177/14680181241246769

Berens, Sarah/Deeg, Franziska (2024): Moving North and Coming Back: How Concerns about Different Types of Migrants Affect Social Policy Demands among Low- and High-Skilled Mexicans. In: Politics & Society, 52 (1), 36–67.

Altamirano, Melina/Berens, Sarah/Deeg, Franziska (2022): Varieties of Economic Vulnerability: Evidence on Social Policy Preferences and Labor Informality from Mexico. In: Latin American Politics and Society, Cambridge University Press, 64 (2), 139–168. https://doi.org/10.1017/lap.2022.9

Berens, Sarah/Gelepithis, Margarita (2021): What do people want? Explaining voter tax preferences. In: Hakelberg, Lukas/Seelkopf, Laura (Hrsg.), Handbook on the Politics of Taxation. Cheltenham UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, 374–387. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788979429.00037