This article relies on data from the 2005–09 World Values Survey to examine individual and cross-national variation in perception of seriousness global warming. The show that a large majority public all countries are concerned about problem warming this assessment is part broader concern for environmental issues. widespread implies has potential generate mass political participation demand action. Motivated by value-based approach study opinion, shows positively correlated with high...

This article employs multilevel modeling to assess the importance of income inequality on demand for redistribution in a sample 22 European countries. According standard political economy models – notably Meltzer‐Richard model and should be positively linked. However, existing empirical research has disputed this claim. The main advantages is that measured at individual level, relevant interaction between own considered. findings are associated with redistribution, median person sensitive...

Abstract This article explores the causal effect of personal contact with ethnic minorities on majority members’ views immigration, immigrants’ work ethics, and support for lower social assistance benefits to immigrants than natives. Exogenous variation in is obtained by randomising soldiers into different rooms during basic training period conscripts Norwegian Army's North Brigade. Based theory majority–minority relations, study spells out why army can be regarded as an ideal contextual...

To what degree are preferences determined by fundamental and stable value orientations, or they vulnerable to exogenous shocks issue saliency? We exploit that the second round of European Social Survey was conducted around time when Mohammed Bouyeri murdered Theo van Gogh on 2 November 2004. The murder covered extensively across Europe led a debate about impact mass immigration. consider as natural experiment which allows us explore how shock saliency affects immigration policy preferences....

We propose a political reinforcement hypothesis, suggesting that rising inequality moves party politics on welfare state issues to the right, strengthening rather than modifying impact of inequality. model policy platforms by incorporating ideology and opportunism members interests sympathies voters. If spending is normal good within income classes, majority voters rightward when increases. As response, left, in particular, shift their platform toward less generosity. find support for our...

Abstract Gender disparities in top-level academic positions are persistent. However, whether bias recruitment plays a role producing these remains unclear. This study examines the of by conducting large-scale survey experiment among faculty Economics, Law, Physics, Political Science, Psychology, and Sociology from universities Iceland, Norway, Sweden. The respondents rated CVs hypothetical candidates—who were randomly assigned either male or female name—for permanent position as an Associate...

How do political rights influence immigrant integration? This study demonstrates that the timing of voting extension plays a key role in fostering incorporation. In Norway, non-citizens are eligible to vote local elections after three years residency. Drawing on individual-level registry data and regression discontinuity design, leverages exogenous relative start residency periods identify effect early access institutions. It finds immigrants who received were more likely participate...

Abstract To what extent do early experiences in the host country shape political integration of immigrants? We argue that initial neighborhoods immigrants settle establish patterns behavior influence subsequent participation. Using Norwegian administrative register data, we leverage quasi‐exogenous variation placement refugees to assess consequences assignment particular neighborhoods. find difference turnout between initially placed 20th and 80th percentile is 12.6 percentage points, which...

Abstract Does the share of immigrants in a community influence whether people vote for anti‐immigration parties? We conduct systematic review causal inference literature studying this question. collect estimates from 20 studies and develop new Bayesian meta‐analysis framework to account both between‐study heterogeneity effect sizes possibility reporting bias. Although methods that do not adjust bias suggest moderate local immigration, our model finds immigration on far‐right voting is...

Abstract We examine long‐run effects of automation risk on turnout. expect gendered negative because men's turnout is more sensitive to job loss and earnings, but might be offset by populist right‐wing mobilization economic grievances. rely population‐wide administrative data avoid well‐known biases in survey data. find both men women with high suffer the labour market, associated lower for only. The association weaker where right stronger, consistent Finally, we show experimentally that...

This paper examines how political competition on a non-economic dimension affects redistribution. More specifically, the argues that high degree of party polarization policy modifies response to growing income inequalities. Data from World Values Survey and Comparative Manifesto Project are employed show traditional moral politics is associated with weaker relationship between subjective position Left–Right scale. Because leftism, claims increases in inequality will be polarized countries....

In what social contexts are rich people more likely to support government redistribution of income? Motivated by the literature on inequality aversion and relationship between ethnic fractionalization redistribution, paper examines whether own income redistributive preferences depends regional level poverty composition poor. Using data from European Social Survey, demonstrates that for among is lower when proportion minorities poor high. Several possible mechanisms account this examined. The...

Journal Article What parties are and what do: partisanship welfare state reform in an era of austerity Get access Henning Finseraas, Finseraas * 1Norwegian Social Research (NOVA), Oslo, Norway *Correspondence: henning.finseraas@nova.no Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Kåre Vernby 2Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden Socio-Economic Review, Volume 9, Issue 4, October 2011, Pages 613–638, https://doi.org/10.1093/ser/mwr003 Published: 26 March 2011

Recent research on the legitimacy of welfare state has pointed to a potential negative impact immigration. While much this been concerned with possible weakening general support for economic redistribution, article analyses popular introduction two-tier (dualist) system, and focuses interplay between public opinion party competition. It uses survey data from Denmark Norway: two similar states where elite politics migration dualism markedly different over last decade. finds that level...

Journal Article The Gender Gap in Political Preferences: An Empirical Test of a Economy Explanation Get access Henning Finseraas, Finseraas hfi@nova.no Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Niklas Jakobsson, Jakobsson Andreas Kotsadam Social Politics: International Studies Gender, State & Society, Volume 19, Issue 2, Summer 2012, Pages 219–242, https://doi.org/10.1093/sp/jxs005 Published: 29 April 2012

Refugee and labour immigration have placed the issue of immigrants’ access to welfare benefits high on political agenda. This article explores how voter preferences for increases in child benefit change when respondents are reminded about benefits. The survey experiment shows that information newly arrived has only a small impact support increasing allowance. By contrast, migrants’ children living another European Union country strong impact, observed sensitivity this cue is not same extent...