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.