Replication Data for: Everybody Hurts Sometimes: How Personal and Collective Insecurities Shape Policy Preferences

Replication Data for: Everybody Hurts Sometimes: How Personal and Collective Insecurities Shape Policy Preferences Abstract: Understanding when individuals support government action is central to government responsiveness and democratic policymaking. While previous research on political behavior has explored the influence of collective economic conditions, self-interested explanations have heavily swayed work on policy preferences. We bridge these two previously distinct literatures to articulate a theory of public policy preferences that highlights when both common and pocketbook factors influence preferences for social insurance. Using a cross-national sample of developed democracies from 1996 and 2006, we conclude that when personal economic conditions are dire, the pull of self interest trumps both collective and policy concerns.

复现数据集：《人人皆有失意时：个人与集体不安全感如何塑造政策偏好》
摘要：厘清个体何时会支持政府行动，对于政府回应性与民主政策制定而言至关重要。既往关于政治行为的研究已探讨了集体经济状况的影响，但以自利为核心的解释范式在政策偏好相关研究中占据主导地位。本研究打通此前两个相对独立的研究脉络，构建了一套公共政策偏好理论，阐明了集体层面与切身利益因素共同影响社会保险政策偏好的情境条件。本研究采用1996年与2006年的发达民主国家跨国样本，最终得出结论：当个人经济状况陷入困境时，自利动机的吸引力将超越集体关切与政策本身的考量。