scholarly journals Labor Market Insiders or Outsiders? A Cross-National Examination of Redistributive Preferences of the Working Poor

Societies ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Asaf Levanon
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Public Support ◽  
Working Poor ◽  
Employment Protection ◽  
Policy Preferences ◽  
National Data ◽  
Welfare Policies ◽  
National Examination ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Cross National

Prior research on attitudes toward redistribution documents an association between one’s policy preferences and socioeconomic position, as well as an impact of welfare policy on the mean level of support for redistribution. Building on both traditions, the current paper aims to expand our understanding of the sources of public support for welfare policies by examining the role that social policy plays in shaping the policy preferences of the working poor. Building on the distinction between labor market insiders and outsiders, this paper examines whether preferences by the working poor more closely resemble those of non-poor workers or those of non-working poor individuals. Results from this study show that the degree of support for redistribution among the working poor is notably closer to the average degree reported by non-working poor individuals than the mean level reported by non-poor workers. Moreover, utilizing cross-national data from 31 countries in 13 different time-points between 1985 and 2010, the paper documents a much smaller preference gap between non-poor workers and the working poor and a higher overall level of support for redistribution in countries providing a greater degree of employment protection.

scholarly journals The Political Consequences of Labor Market Dualization: Labor Market Status, Occupational Unemployment and Policy Preferences

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 362-368
Author(s):  
Tim Vlandas
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Policy Preferences ◽  
Political Consequences ◽  
Market Risks ◽  
Labor Market Inequality ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Market Status ◽  
Post Industrial ◽  
Industrial Societies ◽  
Cross National

AbstractThis article explores empirically how different types of labor market inequality affect policy preferences in post-industrial societies. I argue that the two main conceptualizations of labor market vulnerability identified in the insider–outsider literature are complementary: labor market risks are shaped by both labor market status—whether an individual is unemployed, in a temporary or permanent contract—and occupational unemployment—whether an individual is in an occupation with high or low unemployment. As a result, both status and occupation are important determinants of individual labor market policy preferences. In this paper, I first briefly conceptualize the link between labor market divides, risks and policy preferences, and then use cross-national survey data to investigate the determinants of preferences.

Globalization and the Demand-Side of Politics: How Globalization Shapes Labor Market Risk Perceptions and Policy Preferences

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefanie Walter
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Risk Perceptions ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Market Risk ◽  
Policy Preferences ◽  
Demand Side ◽  
Trade Theory ◽  
New Developments ◽  
Conditional Effect ◽  
Cross National

Does globalization affect the demand-side of politics, and if so, how? This paper builds on new developments in trade theory to argue that globalization matters, but that its effects on individuals’ perceptions of labor market risk and policy preferences are more heterogenous than previous research has acknowledged. Globalization exposure increases risk perceptions and demands for social protection among low-skilled individuals, but decreases them among high-skilled individuals. This conditional effect is observationally distinct from classic trade models as well as arguments that deindustrialization or ideology predominantly drive such perceptions and preferences. Analyzing cross-national survey data from 16 European countries and focusing both on trade and offshoring, the empirical analyses support the prediction that exposure to globalization affects high- and low-skilled individuals differently, leading to variation in labor market risk perceptions and policy preferences.

Most People Are Happy

1996 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 181-185 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ed Diener ◽  
Carol Diener
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Measurement Methods ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
National Data ◽  
The World ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
Representative Samples ◽  
Cross National

Myers and Diener (1995) asked “Who is happy?” but examined the question of who is more and who is less happy In fact, most people report a positive level of subjective well-being (SWB), and say that they are satisfied with domains such as marriage, work, and leisure People in disadvantaged groups on average report positive well-being, and measurement methods in addition to self-report indicate that most people's affect is primarily pleasant Cross-national data suggest that there is a positive level of SWB throughout the world, with the possible exception of very poor societies In 86% of the 43 nations for which nationally representative samples are available the mean SWB response was above neutral Several hypotheses to explain the positive levels of SWB are discussed

scholarly journals Broad cross-national public support for accelerated COVID-19 vaccine trial designs

Vaccine ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 309-316
Author(s):  
David Broockman ◽  
Joshua Kalla ◽  
Alexander Guerrero ◽  
Mark Budolfson ◽  
Nir Eyal ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Support ◽  
Vaccine Trial ◽  
Cross National

scholarly journals Assessing Short-Term Fertility Intentions and Their Realisation Using the Generations and Gender Survey: Pitfalls and Challenges

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zuzanna Brzozowska ◽  
Eva Beaujouan
Keyword(s):  
Fertility Intentions ◽  
Fertility Intention ◽  
National Data ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Degree Of Certainty ◽  
Cross Country ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Questionnaire Adaptation ◽  
Cross National

AbstractThe use of fertility intention questions to study individual childbearing behaviour has developed rapidly in recent decades. In Europe, the Generations and Gender Surveys are the main sources of cross-national data on fertility intentions and their realisation. This study investigates how an inconsistent implementation of a question about wanting a child now affects the cross-country comparability of intentions to have a child within the next three years and their realisation. We conduct our analysis separately for women and men at prime and late reproductive ages in Austria, France, Italy and Poland. The results show that the overall share of respondents intending to have a child at some point in their life is similar in all four analysed countries. However, once the time horizon and the degree of certainty of fertility intentions are included, substantial cross-country differences appear, particularly in terms of proceptive behaviour and, consequently, the realisation of fertility intentions. We conclude that the inconsistent questionnaire adaptation makes it very difficult to assess the role of country context in the realisation of childbearing intentions.

scholarly journals Young Adult Concurrent Use and Simultaneous Use of Alcohol and Marijuana: A Cross-National Examination among College Students in Seven Countries

2021 ◽  
pp. 100373
Author(s):  
Adrian J. Bravo ◽  
Mark A. Prince ◽  
Angelina Pilatti ◽  
Laura Mezquita ◽  
Matthew T. Keough ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Young Adult ◽  
National Examination ◽  
Concurrent Use ◽  
Simultaneous Use ◽  
Cross National
Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document