Research

Articles:

Frizell, J., Grünewald, A.; Schmitt, C., & Obinger, H. (2025). “Armed conflicts and the expansion of old-age pensions in the Global South.” Global Social Policy, 26(1), 30-51. doi: 10.1177/14680181261429928.

Frizell, J. (2025). “The fiscal reckoning of war: Contemporary armed conflict and progressive income taxation.” Journal of Peace Research, 62(6), 1951 –1967. doi: 10.1177/00223433241300805.

Replication files

War PIT Dataset v.2.0 (.dta/.xlsx)

War PIT Codebook

Frizell, J., Muliavka, V., Obinger H., & Schmitt, C. (2025). “War, solidarity and welfare attitudes: Survey evidence from the war in Ukraine.” Journal of European Public Policy, 33(5), 1257-1285. doi: 10.1080/13501763.2025.2463640.

Replication files

Frizell, J. (2024). “Rallying fiscal patriotism: War taxes in the contemporary world.” Comparative Political Studies, vol. 57(8): 1375-1405. doi: 10.1177/00104140231194061.

Replication files

Book chapters:

Frizell, J. & Genschel P. (2026). “Taxation and the Welfare State in the Global South” in Barrientos et al. (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Social Policies in the Global South, Oxford University Press.

Frizell, J., Schmitt C., & Obinger H. (2026). “Civil War and Social Policy” in Barrientos et al. (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Social Policies in the Global South, Oxford University Press.

Frizell, J. (2022). “War and Modern Taxation” in Genschel, Philipp & Laura Seelkopf (eds.) Global Taxation. How Modern Taxes Conquered the World, Oxford University Press.

Other publications:

Muliavka, V. & Frizell, J. (2025). “Fairness Under Fire: Origins and Implications of Ukrainians’ Demand for Tax Progressivity”, Ukrainian Analytical Digest, no. 13 (June 2025): 6-11.

“Who should pay for the COVID-19 crisis? Learning from war-time experiences”, blog post at EUIdeas, 16.09.2021. 

Work in progress:

  • The political economy of welfare investment in post-war Angola
  • Civil war outcomes and the dynamics of social policy expansion.
  • Indirect governance in war-time Syria: outsourcing warfare and welfare.
  • The political function of public debt in post-war Lebanon.
  • Public finances and private enrichment in war-time Yemen.