Policy feedback effects on public opinion: a list of quantitative studies
Feb 21, 2021
In my article in the Policy Studies Journal (published in 2019), I provided a review of published quantitative studies that explicitly examine policy feedback effects on public opinion.
Since then, I have noticed several other studies being published and below I provide a list of the studies I have in my archive. As you can read in my article, I introduced several criteria for the selection of studies of interest (for example, I only look at studies using individual-level data).
As I have not been meticulously following the literature over the recent years, I am sure the list is not exhaustive. I plan to update the list when I find additional studies and do feel free to reach out if you are aware of studies that I have missed.
| Study | Context | Policy | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abou-Chadi and Finnigan (2019) | 29 countries | Same-sex rights | Attitudes toward homosexuality |
| Anderson (2009) | 16/17 countries | Labour market policies | Social ties |
| Andersson et al. (2018) | Sweden | Asylum applications | Attitudes towards refugees |
| Anzia et al. (2022) | U.S. | Farm aid programs | View on farm aid programs and government |
| Banducci et al. (2016) | 28 countries | Family policy | Government policy attitudes |
| Barabas (2009) | U.S. | Private investment account program | Support for privatization policies |
| Barnes and Hope (2017) | U.S. | Means-tested public assistance | Political socialization |
| Beaudonnet (2015) | 27 countries | Welfare efficacy | Support for the European Union |
| Bendz (2015) | Sweden | Privatization reform | Attitudes toward health care privatization |
| Bendz (2017) | Sweden | Privatization option | Attitudes toward health care privatization |
| Branham (2018) | U.S. | Policy spending | Policy support |
| Breznau (2017) | 19 countries | Social spending and decommodification | Government responsibility |
| Bruch et al. (2010) | U.S. | Government assistance | Political engagement |
| Bruch and Soss (2018) | U.S. | School experiences | Political engagement and government trust |
| Burlacu et al. (2018) | Germany and Sweden | Waiting time rights | Health system satisfaction |
| Busemeyer (2013) | 20 countries | Private share in education funding | Attitudes toward redistribution |
| Busemeyer and Goerres (2014) | 20 countries | Education | Political participation |
| Busemeyer and Goerres (2020) | Germany | Public childcare fees | Fair fee level |
| Busemeyer and Iversen (2014) | 20 countries | Public share of education spending | Attitudes toward government spending on education |
| Busemeyer and Iversen (2020) | 20 OECD countries | Private welfare provision | Support for the welfare state |
| Busemeyer and Neimanns (2017) | 21 countries | Childcare and unemployment benefits | Government responsibility |
| Chattopadhyay (2017) | U.S. | Dependent coverage provision | Policy support and political engagement |
| Córdova and Kras (2020) | Brazil | Women’s police stations | Trust in the police |
| Davenport (2015) | U.S. | Policy-induced risk | Political participation |
| Dellmuth and Chalmers (2018) | 13 EU member states | EU spending | Support for the EU |
| Ellingsæter et al. (2017) | Norway | Childcare service reforms | Childcare service attitudes |
| Fernandez and Jaime-Castillo (2013) | 27 European countries | Pension policy attitudes (e.g. generosity) | Attitudes toward increasing contributions to the pension system |
| Fervers (2019) | Germany | Labour market reform | Vote intention |
| Flavin and Griffin (2009) | U.S. | Multiple | Policy preferences |
| Flavin and Hartney (2015) | U.S. | Bargaining laws | Political participation |
| Fleming (2014) | U.S. | School voucher program | Multiple |
| Garritzmann (2015) | 17 countries | Education expenditures | Attitudes towards student support |
| Gingrich (2014) | 16 countries | Tax design and welfare visibility | Right-wing party vote |
| Gingrich (2019) | Britain | Education policy | Economic equality attitudes |
| Gingrich and Ansell (2012) | 18 countries | Employment protection legislation and single payer system | Government spending attitudes |
| Guo and Ting (2015) | China | Social insurance coverage | Political participation |
| Gusmano et al. (2002) | U.S. | Health care policies | Attitudes toward employer involvement in health care |
| Haselswerdt (2017) | U.S. | Medicaid beneficiary | Political participation |
| Haselswerdt and Bartels (2015) | U.S. | Tax expenditure policy tool | Approval of social programs |
| Hedegaard (2014) | Denmark | Proximity to welfare recipient | Social policy preferences |
| Hedegaard and Larsen (2014) | Denmark | Proximity to welfare recipient | Social policy preferences |
| Hern (2017a) | Zambia | Policy access | Political participation |
| Hern (2017b) | Zambia | Government project access | Political participation |
| Hetling et al. (2008) | U.S. | Welfare reform | Attitudes toward welfare recipients |
| Im and Meng (2016) | China | Multiple welfare policies | Attitudes toward government responsibility |
| Jacobs and Mettler (2018) | U.S. | Access to health care | Affordable Care Act attitudes |
| Jordan (2010) | 11 countries | Hierarchical health care system | Attitudes toward government responsibility |
| Jordan (2013) | 17 countries | Welfare policy generosity | Government responsibility for welfare |
| Kerner (2020) | 8 countries | Pension system | Attitudes towards neoliberalism |
| Kotsadam and Jakobsson (2011) | Sweden and Norway | Prostitution law | Attitudes toward prostitution |
| Kreitzer et al. (2014) | Iowa (U.S.) | Same-sex marriage legalizing | Support for same-sex marriage |
| Kumlin (2011) | 11 countries | Social policy generosity | Satisfaction with democracy |
| Kumlin (2014) | Sweden | Welfare policy information | Performance evaluation |
| Kumlin and Rothstein (2005) | Sweden | Needs-tested policies | Interpersonal trust |
| Kweon (2018) | 18 European countries | Labor market policies | Vote choice |
| Larsen (2018) | Denmark | Retrenchment reform | Government support |
| Larsen (2020) | 30 countries | Healthcare policies | Government attitudes |
| Lavery (2014) | U.S. | Policy information design | Political knowledge and engagement |
| Lavery (2017) | U.S. | Policy information | Political engagement |
| Lerman and McCabe (2017) | U.S. | Public insurance | Support for health care policies |
| Li and Wu (2018) | China | Pension scheme | Political trust |
| Lindh (2015) | 17 countries | Private funding and public employment | Support for market distribution of services |
| Lü (2014) | China | Policy benefit | Attitudes toward government responsibility and trust in government |
| Lynch and Myrskylä (2009) | 11 European countries | Public pensions | Attitudes toward pension reforms |
| MacLean (2011) | Africa | Public schools and clinics | Political participation |
| Maltby (2017) | U.S. | Jail ratio | Political attitudes and participation |
| Mettler (2002) | U.S. | Educational benefits | Political participation |
| Mettler and Stonecash (2008) | U.S. | Means-tested programs | Political participation |
| Mettler and Welch (2004) | U.S. | Educational benefits | Political participation |
| Munoz et al. (2014 | Spain | Austerity package | Political engagement |
| Nagayoshi and Hjerm (2015) | 26 countries | Labour market policies | Anti-immigration attitudes |
| Ofosu et al. (2019) | U.S. | Same-sex rights | Antigay bias |
| Pacheco (2013) | U.S. | Smoking legislation | Attitudes toward smoking and smokers |
| Raven et al. (2011) | Netherlands | Welfare state spending | Preferences for social security spending |
| Rhodes (2014) | U.S. | Education policies | Political engagement |
| Rosenthal (2019) | U.S. | Universal and means-tested policies | Political participation |
| Rönnerstrand and Oskarson (2020) | Sweden | Waiting-time guarantee | Hospital service satisfaction |
| Sances and Clinton (2021) | U.S. | Expansion of Medicaid | Support towards the Affordable Care Act |
| Schneider and Jacoby (2003) | U.S. | Public assistance | Multiple |
| Shore (2014) | 26 countries | Social benefits | Political engagement |
| Simonovits et al. (2019) | U.S. | Agricultural payments | Electoral participation |
| Soss (1999) | U.S. | Social policies (AFDC and SSDI) | Political engagement |
| Soss and Schram (2007) | U.S. | Welfare reform (TANF) | Multiple |
| Stensöta and Bendz (2020) | Sweden | Early retirement generosity | Policy trust |
| Sumino (2016) | 19 countries | Share of taxes in household income | Support for taxation |
| Svallfors (2010) | Germany | Policy regime | Attitudes towards government responsibilities |
| Swartz et al. (2009) | U.S. | Social policy assistance | Political engagement |
| Theiss and Kurowska (2019) | 9 European countries | Social welfare benefits | Protest behaviour |
| Vannoni (2019) | Four countries | Tobacco advertisement bans | Tobacco control attitudes |
| van Oorschot and Meuleman (2014) | 23 countries | Unemployment policies | Perception of deservingness of the unemployed |
| Watson (2015) | U.K. | Conditional benefits recipient | Political engagement |
| Weaver and Lerman (2010) | U.S. | Contact with the authorities | Political engagement and political trust |
| Yang and Shen (2021) | China | Social welfare benefits | Political trust |
| Zhu and Lipsmeyer (2015) | 19 countries | Privatization of healthcare responsibility | Support for increasing government healthcare spending |
| Ziller and Helbling (2017) | 21 countries | Antidiscrimination laws | Public administration evaluation, political trust and democratic satisfaction |