Globalization and the Welfare State. Testing the Microfoundations of the Compensation Hypothesis

By Stefanie Walter. 2010

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Subfields: Finance, Political Science and International Relations, Public Administration

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Costly Jobs: Trade-related Layoffs, Government Compensation, and Voting in U.S. Elections (2011, methodology): “In a similar vein, Walter (2010) uses survey data from Switzerland to show that employment in a sector exposed to competition from overseas (a proxy for globalization-induced job insecurity) was associated with greater support for welfare expansion, which in turn increased the probability of voting…”
Automation and the Welfare State: Technological Change as a Determinant of Redistribution Preferences (2019, methodology): “This finding is also reported by Walter (2017). Walter argues that exposure to offshoring increases risk perceptions among low skilled, whereas high skilled (or “globali-”
The decline of the working-class vote, the reconfiguration of the welfare support coalition and consequences for the welfare state (2015, background): “…confirmed the ongoing structuring power of occupational location and occupational risk on political preferences and choice (e.g. Bornschier, 2010; Häusermann, 2010; Häusermann and Walter, 2010; Kitschelt and Rehm, in press; Marx, 2014; Marx and Picot, 2013; Oesch, 2008; Rehm, 2011; Walter, 2010).”
The economics of the democratic deficit: The effect of IMF programs on inequality (2016, background): “…the latter have to make strong assumptions on the joint distribution of the error term and the correct specification of the participation equation.4 The other strand of research has incorporated exclusion restrictions in their empirical models (e.g., Barro and Lee 2005; Dreher and Walter 2010).”
Winners and losers of globalization in Europe: attitudes and ideologies (2013, background): “Employment status determines whether the sector or position is at risk from the pressures of globalization (Walter, 2010).”
High-skilled outsiders? Labor market vulnerability, education and welfare state preferences (2015, background): “The relationship between labor market vulnerability and the demand for generous and redistributive social policy, by contrast, is positive (Moene and Wallerstein, 2001; Walter, 2010; Fernàndez-Albertos and Manzano, 2011; Rehm, 2011b).”
Globalization and the Demand-Side of Politics: How Globalization Shapes Labor Market Risk Perceptions and Policy Preferences* (2015, background): “In contrast, for tradable industry workers with lower levels of ability, trade liberalization implies stagnating or decreasing wages and a higher risk of unemployment.”