Ethnic Diversity and Preferences for Redistribution - Regression Data

SND-ID: snd0906-1. Version: 1.0. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5878/001111

Citation

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Heléne Lundqvist - Stockholm University, Institute for International Economic Studies

Karin Edmark - Research Institute of Industrial Economics

Matz Dahlberg - Uppsala University, Department of Economics

Research principal

Uppsala University - Department of Economics rorId

Description

Ethnic Diversity and Preferences for Redistribution attempts to explain if individual's preferences for redistribution change if the ethnic diversity increases in a municipality. In this case, selected parts of the Swedish Election Studies has been matched with municipal data for the time period between 1985 and 1994, when Sweden had an active placement program of refugees. This meant that the refugees themselves were not allowed to decide where to settle, but instead they were places in municipalities which had contracts with the Swedish Integration Board (Invandrarverket). Originally the idea of the program was to direct the refugees to municipalities with good labor market conditions, but since the number of refugees arriving to Sweden were larger than expected, so in practice more or less all municipalities were a part of the program. With the placement program refugees spread more across the country, than before the program. Ethnic Diversity and Preferences for Redistribution focus primarily on refugees from nations which not were members in the OECD 1994 and Turkey.

The data comes from

... Show more..
Ethnic Diversity and Preferences for Redistribution attempts to explain if individual's preferences for redistribution change if the ethnic diversity increases in a municipality. In this case, selected parts of the Swedish Election Studies has been matched with municipal data for the time period between 1985 and 1994, when Sweden had an active placement program of refugees. This meant that the refugees themselves were not allowed to decide where to settle, but instead they were places in municipalities which had contracts with the Swedish Integration Board (Invandrarverket). Originally the idea of the program was to direct the refugees to municipalities with good labor market conditions, but since the number of refugees arriving to Sweden were larger than expected, so in practice more or less all municipalities were a part of the program. With the placement program refugees spread more across the country, than before the program. Ethnic Diversity and Preferences for Redistribution focus primarily on refugees from nations which not were members in the OECD 1994 and Turkey.

The data comes from the Swedish Election Studies survey waves for the elections in 1982, 1985, 1988, 1991 and 1994. Primarily it consists of various background variables and variables about individual's preferences for private health care, nuclear power and social benefits. The municipal data primarily consist of various socio-economic and political variables, such as population, tax base, welfare spending and share of refugees. Some of these variables are the average of the term (1986-1988, 1989-1991, and 1992-1994).

Purpose:

Investigate the causal link between the ethnic diversity in a society and its inhabitants´ preferences for redistribution. Show less..

Data contains personal data

No

Language

Method and outcome

Unit of analysis

Population

Individuals aged 18-80 years, residing in Sweden and eligible to vote in the parliamentary election.

Sampling procedure

Probability: Simple random
Total universe/Complete enumeration
Non-probability: Purposive
The study is based on data both from the Swedish Election Studies with a simple random sample of individuals between 18 and 80 years living in Sweden and eligible to vote in the parliamentary elections, and municipal data from all Swedish municipalities (total universe). From this matched data, it is only individuals which have lived in the same municipality in both survey waves which they are involved, so no other external circumstances affect the individual's preferences.

Time period(s) investigated

1982 – 1994

Variables

48

Number of individuals/objects

2679

Data format / data structure

Data collection
Geographic coverage

Geographic spread

Geographic location: Sweden

Lowest geographic unit

Municipality

Administrative information

Responsible department/unit

Department of Economics

Topic and keywords

Research area

Elections (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Government, political systems and organisations (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Political behaviour and attitudes (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Social welfare policy (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Social sciences (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)

Economics (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)

Social welfare systems/structures (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Equality, inequality and social exclusion (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Social behaviour and attitudes (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Economic conditions and indicators (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Publications

Dahlberg M., Edmark K., & Lundqvist H. (2012) Ethnic Diversity and Preferences for Redistribution. Journal of Political Economy, 120, (1) 41-76.
Swepub | Till lärosätets (uu) databas | Till lärosätets (su) databas

If you have published anything based on these data, please notify us with a reference to your publication(s). If you are responsible for the catalogue entry, you can update the metadata/data description in DORIS.

Published: 2012-07-13
Last updated: 2020-01-21