Welfare losses, preferences for redistribution, and political participation: Evidence from the United Kingdom's age of austerity

Patricia Justino, Bruno Martorano () and Laura Metzger

No wp-2023-61, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: This paper studies the effect of austerity on forms of political participation—including voting, appealing for reform, and peaceful protesting—and the role of preferences for redistribution in shaping the relationship between individual exposure to austerity and political participation. The paper focuses on the case of the United Kingdom (UK) where, between 2011 and 2019, wide-ranging austerity policies were introduced to deal with high public debt in the aftermath of the 2007-08 financial crisis.

Keywords: Austerity; Political participation; Redistribution; Welfare policy; Welfare (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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