Replication Data for: Labor market insecurity among the middle class - A new divide

The political relevance of labor market insecurity has been questioned because a) insider-outsider divides were considered to be a divide within the low-skilled and politically less active working class and b) labor market insecurity runs through the middle of the household. Outsiders might therefore align their preferences with those of insiders. This contribution provides, first, evidence that labor market insecurity extends well into the higher-skilled middle class, in particular to high-skilled young adults and high-skilled women. Second, the contribution sheds light on the “household question”, that is the question whether mixed households dampen the political relevance of labor market insecurity. If labor market insecurity is concentrated in specific social groups (young adults, women) that tend to cohabit with secure insiders, the political relevance of labor market insecurity might depend on whether or not outsiders align their preferences with those of the household. In this contribution, I discuss recent work on the relevance of the household in translating labor market divides into preferences divides presenting recent work that shows that the household does not render insider-outsider divides politically irrelevant. In sum, insider-outsider divides have all the potential to become politically relevant.

劳动力市场不安全感（labor market insecurity）的政治相关性长期受到学界质疑，原因主要有二：其一，内部人-外部人分化（insider-outsider divides）曾被视为仅存在于低技能、政治参与度较低的工薪阶层内部的分化；其二，劳动力市场不安全感的影响贯穿家庭内部。故此，外部人或许会与内部人形成偏好趋同。
本文首先提供实证证据，表明劳动力市场不安全感已广泛波及高技能中产阶层，尤其影响高技能青年群体与高技能女性群体。其次，本文聚焦探讨“家庭议题”——即混合家庭（mixed households）是否会弱化劳动力市场不安全感的政治相关性。若劳动力市场不安全感集中于特定社会群体（如青年群体、女性群体），而这类群体往往与就业稳定的内部人共同生活，那么劳动力市场不安全感的政治相关性，或将取决于外部人是否会与家庭整体达成偏好一致。
在本文中，笔者将梳理近期关于家庭在将劳动力市场分化转化为偏好分化过程中所起作用的相关研究，并展示相关最新研究成果，这些成果表明家庭并未使内部人-外部人分化丧失政治相关性。
综上，内部人-外部人分化完全具备成为政治相关议题的潜在可能。