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Explaining the rise...
Explaining the rise of populism in European democracies 1980-2018 : The role of labor market institutions and inequality
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- Bergh, Andreas (författare)
- Lund University,Lunds universitet,Centrum för ekonomisk demografi,Ekonomihögskolan,Nationalekonomiska institutionen,Centre for Economic Demography,Lund University School of Economics and Management, LUSEM,Department of Economics,Lund University School of Economics and Management, LUSEM,Research Institute of Industrial Economics
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- Kärnä, Anders, 1985- (författare)
- Örebro University,Örebro universitet,Handelshögskolan vid Örebro Universitet,Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN), Stockholm, Sweden
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(creator_code:org_t)
- 2022-11-11
- 2022
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: Social Science Quarterly. - : Blackwell Publishing. - 0038-4941 .- 1540-6237. ; 103:7, s. 1719-1731
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Abstract
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- Objectives: This article aims to find country-level factors that explain the rise of populist parties in European democracies. While populism is often connected to inequality, we not that right-wing populist parties tend to thrive on fear, including fear of job loss. If flexible labor markets mean that unemployment is dedramatized because finding a new job is easier, labor market flexibility could dampen populism and inequality may be less important.Methods: We run country-level fixed effects regressions on populist party vote shares in 26 European countries from 1980 to 2018. We use two different classifications of right-wing and left-wing populist parties and control for employment protection strictness as measured by OECD, Gini coefficients of disposable income, and a large set of control variables.Results: Unemployment is positively associated with left-wing populism. Strict employment protection is positively associated with right-wing populism. Gini inequality of income is unrelated to (both types of) populism.Conclusion: Strong employment protection and low-income inequality may not be the most efficient way to combat right-wing populism. A strategy that promotes flexible labor markets, and job upgrading may be an alternative. More research on the link between labor market institutions and (in particular, right-wing) populism is needed.
Ämnesord
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Ekonomi och näringsliv -- Nationalekonomi (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Economics and Business -- Economics (hsv//eng)
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Ekonomi och näringsliv -- Ekonomisk historia (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Economics and Business -- Economic History (hsv//eng)
Nyckelord
- Employment protection
- inequality
- populism
- social spending
- the welfare state
- Employment protection
- inequality
- populism
- social spending
- the welfare state
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- ref (ämneskategori)
- art (ämneskategori)
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