abstract: 'Rapid technological change - the digitalization and automation of work
  -

  is challenging contemporary welfare states. Most of the existing

  research, however, focuses on its effect on labor market outcomes, such

  as employment or wage levels. In contrast, this paper studies the

  implications of technological change for welfare state attitudes and

  preferences. Compared to previous work on this topic, this paper adopts

  a much broader perspective regarding different kinds of social policy.

  Using data from the European Social Survey, we find that individual

  automation risk is positively associated with support for

  redistribution, but negatively with support for social investment

  policies (partly depending on the specific measure of automation risk

  that is used), while there is no statistically significant association

  with support for basic income. We also find a moderating effect of the

  overall size of the welfare state on the micro-level association between

  risk and preferences.'
affiliation: 'Busemeyer, MR (Corresponding Author), Univ Konstanz, Polit Sci, Constance,
  Germany.

  Busemeyer, Marius R., Univ Konstanz, Polit Sci, Constance, Germany.

  Sahm, Alexander H. J., Univ Konstanz, Constance, Germany.'
article-number: PII S0047279421000519
author: Busemeyer, Marius R. and Sahm, Alexander H. J.
author-email: 'Marius.Busemeyer@uni-konstanz.de

  Alexander.Sahm@uni-konstanz.de'
author_list:
- family: Busemeyer
  given: Marius R.
- family: Sahm
  given: Alexander H. J.
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1017/S0047279421000519
earlyaccessdate: JUL 2021
eissn: 1469-7823
files: []
issn: 0047-2794
journal: JOURNAL OF SOCIAL POLICY
keywords: 'technological change; automation; digitalization; welfare state

  attitudes; basic income; redistribution'
keywords-plus: 'TECHNOLOGICAL-CHANGE; POLICY; POLARIZATION; DEMAND; FUTURE; WORK;
  JOBS;

  INEQUALITY; COUNTRIES; GROWTH'
language: English
month: OCT
number: '4'
number-of-cited-references: '49'
orcid-numbers: 'Busemeyer, Marius R./0000-0003-4085-1689

  Sahm, Alexander Hans Josef/0000-0002-1401-4329'
pages: 751-770
papis_id: 27a3831fefec605e756f03aecd1bf9f5
ref: Busemeyer2022socialinvestment
researcherid-numbers: 'Busemeyer, Marius R./Q-6951-2016

  '
times-cited: '14'
title: Social Investment, Redistribution or Basic Income? Exploring the Association
  Between Automation Risk and Welfare State Attitudes in Europe
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000775672800001
usage-count-last-180-days: '2'
usage-count-since-2013: '7'
volume: '51'
web-of-science-categories: Public Administration; Social Issues; Social Work
year: '2022'