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doi:10.7910/DVN/1OPRYA |
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Publication Date
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2023-12-19 |
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Title
| Replication Data for: Austerity, Economic Vulnerability, and Populism |
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Author
| Baccini, LeonardoMcGill UniversityORCID0000-0002-6027-9192
Sattler, ThomasUniversity of Geneva |
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Point of Contact
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Baccini, Leonardo (McGill University) |
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Description
| Governments have repeatedly adjusted fiscal policy in recent decades. We examine the political effects of these adjustments in Europe since the 1990s using both district-level election outcomes and individual-level voting data. We expect austerity to increase populist votes, but only among economically vulnerable voters, who are hit the hardest by austerity. We identify economically vulnerable regions as those with a high share of low-skilled workers, workers in manufacturing and in jobs with a high routine-task intensity. The analysis of district-level elections demonstrates that austerity increases support for populist parties in economically vulnerable regions, but has little effect in less vulnerable regions. The individual-level analysis confirms these findings. Our results suggest that the success of populist parties hinges on the government’s failure to protect the losers of structural economic change. The economic origins of populism are thus not purely external; the populist backlash is triggered by internal factors, notably public policies. (2023-05-09) |
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Subject
| Social Sciences |
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Keyword
| Fiscal policy
Globalization
Political backlash |
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Related Publication
| Baccini, Leonardo, and Thomas Sattler. [date]. "Austerity, Economic Vulnerability, and Populism." American Journal of Political Science Forthcoming. http://ajps.org/ |
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Notes
| This dataset underwent an independent verification process, complying with the AJPS Verification Policy updated June 2023, that replicated the tables and figures in the primary article. For the supplementary materials, verification was performed solely for the successful execution of code. The verification process was carried out by the Odum Institute for Research in Social Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
The associated article has been awarded the Open Materials Badge. Learn more about the Open Practice Badges from the Center for Open Science.
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Producer
| Leonardo Baccini (McGill University) |
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Depositor
| Baccini, Leonardo |
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Deposit Date
| 2023-05-09 |
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Data Source
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