Diane Hope
Biographic Data
| ID | 228226 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Diane Hope |
| GIVEN NAMES | Diane |
| FAMILY NAME | Hope |
| SIGNATURE | HOPE D |
| AFFILIATIONS | King's College London |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4649-5833 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 28 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 201 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 28 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1977 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Welfare State Deservingness in the Era of Mass Higher Education
The educational composition of labor markets has changed dramatically in recent decades. In many advanced democracies, the majority of workers now possess a university education. We currently know very little about how this transformation has influenced perceptions of welfare state deservingness, which are closely linked to support for the welfare state. This article addresses that gap in the literature by carrying out an original survey with a s…
Unequal treatment perceptions and rural backlashes against carbon taxation
Why do we see such strong backlashes against carbon taxes in rural areas? In this article, we focus on the role of perceptions in rural communities that the government unfairly advantages the urban centres of political and economic power. We argue that when people living in rural areas perceive of unequal treatment by the state, they are less supportive of carbon taxes, because they believe that carbon taxes unfairly punish those that have alread…
The Hidden Cost of Tax Regressivity at the Top
How does tax regressivity at the top affect public support for taxation? In this article, we run an information provision experiment in the United States with a quota-representative sample of around 4,000 people and randomly present respondents with factual information about total tax rates by income group. We find that informing respondents that the superrich pay lower total tax rates than other people not only increases support for raising taxe…
Pushing forward with healthcare emergency classification: Introducing the predictability-urgency-scale-harm model
WHAT IS THE EDUCATIONAL CHALLENGE?: Healthcare emergencies are common and heterogenous, but conceptually poorly defined in health professions education. This gap was highlighted while developing educational materials for medical students and newly qualified doctors learning to manage healthcare emergencies. We found no existing comprehensive framework to describe the nature of emergencies for educational and other purposes. WHAT ARE THE PROPOSED …
The transition to the knowledge economy in advanced capitalist democracies: A New Index for Comparative Research
This article sets out to develop a new index capturing advanced capitalist democracies’ transition to the knowledge economy. Reviewing how the notion has evolved in the literature, the article proposes a definition of the knowledge economy based upon two key elements—technology and (high) skills. These are operationalized in six indicators and combined through Bayesian latent variable analysis to produce a new Knowledge Economy Index, covering tw…
Taxes on top incomes and financialisation
Financialisation is one of the most prominent economic developments of the past half century in the advanced democracies. While the existing literature focuses on financial deregulation and liberalisation as the key policy changes driving financialisation, this paper contends that tax policy also plays a crucial role. More specifically, we argue that cuts to taxes on top incomes disproportionately benefit the financial sector, as it pays unusuall…
Skill‐Biased Policy Change: Governing the Transition to the Knowledge Economy in Germany, Sweden and Britain
How have advanced capitalist democracies transitioned from a Fordist to a post‐Fordist, knowledge‐based economy? And why have they followed seemingly similar policy trajectories despite different economic models and sectoral specializations? We develop the notion of skill‐biased policy change to answer these questions. Drawing on a distinction between valence and partisan issues in the transition to the knowledge economy, we highlight the partisa…
The ICT revolution and preferences for taxing top earners
How has the ICT-driven transformation of labour markets in recent decades affected redistributive preferences? We move beyond existing research by focusing on the ‘winners’ of the ICT revolution and on other-regarding preferences for taxing top earners. We carry out an interactive, online experiment with around 3000 US respondents to test whether fairness perceptions and redistributive preferences differ when top incomes are gained through luck, …
Embedding Skill Bias: Technology, Institutions, and Inequality in Wages and Benefits
Is rising inequality an inevitable consequence of the transition to a knowledge-based economy? Departing from existing approaches in labor economics and comparative political economy, we develop an account of inequality in the knowledge economy that foregrounds the role of labor market institutions. We argue that collective bargaining institutions play a critical role in mediating the skill bias commonly associated with the diffusion of informati…
A “Red Flag” system adds value to medical school admissions interviews
Introduction Non-cognitive traits should be considered when selecting candidates to study medicine. However, evaluating these traits remains difficult. We explored whether measuring undesirable non-cognitive behaviour (‘Red Flags’) added value to a medical school admissions system. Red Flags included rudeness, ignoring the contributions of others, disrespectful behaviour, or poor communication.Methods Following an admissions interview testing non…
Why do (some) ordinary Americans support tax cuts for the rich? Evidence from a randomised survey experiment
Why do (some) ordinary citizens support tax cuts for the rich? We test four prominent explanations – unenlightened self-interest, fairness considerations, prospect of upward mobility, and trickle-down beliefs – using a randomised, online information provision experiment, embedded in a representative survey of around 3000 US Americans. The results show that preferences for taxing the rich are fundamentally affected by information that shifts citiz…
Household education gaps and gender role attitudes
Individuals' attitudes about gender roles have been shown to be associated with a wide range of political outcomes. It is therefore crucial to better understand what shapes these attitudes. This note takes advantage of a randomized survey experiment embedded in the 2018 wave of the European Social Survey (ESS) to investigate how differences in education levels between partners influence the “gender childcare bias”—the extent to which individuals …
The knowledge economy and taxes on the rich
What drives taxes on the rich? In this article, we claim that the existing empirical literature on taxing the rich suffers from two key shortcomings: 1) It pays too little attention to the major structural and technological changes that have taken place in advanced capitalist economies since the 1970s; and 2) it lacks consensus on how to measure taxes on the rich. We seek to address these shortcomings by exploring the implications of the rise of …
The economic consequences of major tax cuts for the rich
The last 50 years has seen a dramatic decline in taxes on the rich across the advanced democracies. There is still fervent debate in both political and academic circles, however, about the economic consequences of this sweeping change in tax policy. This article contributes to this debate by utilizing a newly constructed indicator of taxes on the rich to identify all instances of major tax reductions on the rich in 18 Organisation for Economic Co…
Skill-Biased Liberalization: Germany's Transition to the Knowledge Economy
This article conceptualizes the evolution of the German political economy as the codevelopment of technological and institutional change. The notion of skill-biased liberalization is introduced to capture this process and contrasted with the two dominant theoretical frameworks employed in contemporary comparative political economy scholarship-dualization and liberalization. Integrating theories from labor economics, the article argues that the in…
Is There a Replication Crisis in Medical Education Research
Scholars are increasingly aware that studies—across many disciplines—cannot be replicated by independent researchers. Here, the authors describe how medical education research may be vulnerable to this “replication crisis,” explain how researchers can act together to reduce risks, and discuss the positive steps that can increase confidence in research findings. Medical education research contributes to policy and influences practitioner behavior.…
Candidates undertaking (invigilated) assessment online show no differences in performance compared to those undertaking assessment offline
BACKGROUND: Medical education has historically relied on high stakes knowledge tests sat in examination centres with invigilators monitoring academic malpractice. The COVID-19 pandemic has made such examination formats impossible, and medical educators have explored the use of online assessments as a potential replacement. This shift has in turn led to fears that the change in format or academic malpractice might lead to considerably higher attai…
The Transition to the Knowledge Economy, Labor Market Institutions, and Income Inequality in Advanced Democracies
The transition from Fordism to the knowledge economy in the world’s advanced democracies was underpinned by the revolution in information and communications technology (ict). The introduction and rapid diffusion ofictpushed up wages for college-educated workers with complementary skills and allowed top managers and CEOs to reap greater rewards for their own talents. Despite these common pressures, income inequality did not rise to the same extent…
Growth Models, Varieties of Capitalism, and Macroeconomics
Lucio Baccaro and Jonas Pontusson make a significant contribution to comparative political economy with their approach to analyzing growth in advanced economies, which focuses on the demand side of the economy and distributive conflict. In contrast to Baccaro and Pontusson, however, we view their approach as reinforcing recent developments in varieties of capitalism rather than undermining them. We also believe that the type of modern macroeconom…
More symmetrical children have faster and more consistent choice reaction times
Greater cognitive ability in childhood is associated with increased longevity, and speedier reaction time (RT) might account for much of this linkage. Greater bodily symmetry is linked to both higher cognitive test scores and faster RTs. It is possible, then, that differences in bodily system integrity indexed by symmetry may underlie the associations of RT and intelligence with increased longevity. However, RT and symmetry have seldom been exami…
On Floods and Photo Ops: How Herbert Hoover and George W. Bush Exploited Catastrophes
Book Review| December 01 2010 On Floods and Photo Ops: How Herbert Hoover and George W. Bush Exploited Catastrophes On Floods and Photo Ops: How Herbert Hoover and George W. Bush Exploited Catastrophes. Paul Martin Lester. Diane S. Hope Diane S. Hope Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Rhetoric and Public Affairs (2010) 13 (4): 745–748. https://doi.org/10.2307/41940516 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter Linked…
Problem and Opportunity: Integrating Anthropology, Ecology, and Policy through Adaptive Experimentation in the Urban U.S. Southwest
Natural resource management agencies and governmental programs that fund research are increasingly calling for interdisciplinary research that integrates biological ecology and the social sciences in a way that can inform policy. One fundamental impediment to collaboration derives from the emphasis that biological scientists place on experimentation, which is generally not considered a viable option for anthropologists. We suggest that anthropolo…
Drivers of Spatial Variation in Plant Diversity Across the Central Arizona-Phoenix Ecosystem
We examined how growth of the Phoenix urban landscape has changed spatial patterns in native Sonoran desert plant diversity. Combining data from the U.S. Census with a probability-based field inventory, we used spatial and multivariate statistics to show how plant diversity across the region is influenced by human actions. Spatial variations in plant diversity among sites were best explained by current and former land use, income, housing age, an…
The Effects of Human Socioeconomic Status and Cultural Characteristics on Urban Patterns of Biodiversity
Kinzig, A. P., P. Warren, C. Martin, D. Hope, and M. Katti. 2005. The effects of human socioeconomic status and cultural characteristics on urban patterns of biodiversity. Ecology and Society 10(1): 23. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-01264-100123
Bonding and Bridging: Understanding the Relationship between Social Capital and Civic Action
This study investigates the relationship between social connections and collective civic action. Measuring social capital in eight Phoenix, Arizona, neighborhoods allowed the authors to determine that individuals with strong social bonding (i.e., association and trust among neighbors) are more likely to take civic action. However, while social capital lessens the relationship between an individual’s social status and the likelihood of taking acti…
Bonding and Bridging: Understanding the Relationship between Social Capital and Civic Action
This study investigates the relationship between social connections and collective civic action. Measuring social capital in eight Phoenix, Arizona, neighborhoods allowed the authors to determine that individuals with strong social bonding (i.e., association and trust among neighbors) are more likely to take civic action. However, while social capital lessens the relationship between an individual’s social status and the likelihood of taking acti…
The Transition to the Knowledge Economy, Labor Market Institutions, and Income Inequality in Advanced Democracies
The transition from Fordism to the knowledge economy in the world’s advanced democracies was underpinned by the revolution in information and communications technology (ict). The introduction and rapid diffusion ofictpushed up wages for college-educated workers with complementary skills and allowed top managers and CEOs to reap greater rewards for their own talents. Despite these common pressures, income inequality did not rise to the same extent…
Growth Models, Varieties of Capitalism, and Macroeconomics
Lucio Baccaro and Jonas Pontusson make a significant contribution to comparative political economy with their approach to analyzing growth in advanced economies, which focuses on the demand side of the economy and distributive conflict. In contrast to Baccaro and Pontusson, however, we view their approach as reinforcing recent developments in varieties of capitalism rather than undermining them. We also believe that the type of modern macroeconom…
Skill-Biased Liberalization: Germany's Transition to the Knowledge Economy
This article conceptualizes the evolution of the German political economy as the codevelopment of technological and institutional change. The notion of skill-biased liberalization is introduced to capture this process and contrasted with the two dominant theoretical frameworks employed in contemporary comparative political economy scholarship-dualization and liberalization. Integrating theories from labor economics, the article argues that the in…
The Effects of Human Socioeconomic Status and Cultural Characteristics on Urban Patterns of Biodiversity
Kinzig, A. P., P. Warren, C. Martin, D. Hope, and M. Katti. 2005. The effects of human socioeconomic status and cultural characteristics on urban patterns of biodiversity. Ecology and Society 10(1): 23. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-01264-100123
The transition to the knowledge economy in advanced capitalist democracies: A New Index for Comparative Research
This article sets out to develop a new index capturing advanced capitalist democracies’ transition to the knowledge economy. Reviewing how the notion has evolved in the literature, the article proposes a definition of the knowledge economy based upon two key elements—technology and (high) skills. These are operationalized in six indicators and combined through Bayesian latent variable analysis to produce a new Knowledge Economy Index, covering tw…
The knowledge economy and taxes on the rich
What drives taxes on the rich? In this article, we claim that the existing empirical literature on taxing the rich suffers from two key shortcomings: 1) It pays too little attention to the major structural and technological changes that have taken place in advanced capitalist economies since the 1970s; and 2) it lacks consensus on how to measure taxes on the rich. We seek to address these shortcomings by exploring the implications of the rise of …
The economic consequences of major tax cuts for the rich
The last 50 years has seen a dramatic decline in taxes on the rich across the advanced democracies. There is still fervent debate in both political and academic circles, however, about the economic consequences of this sweeping change in tax policy. This article contributes to this debate by utilizing a newly constructed indicator of taxes on the rich to identify all instances of major tax reductions on the rich in 18 Organisation for Economic Co…
Drivers of Spatial Variation in Plant Diversity Across the Central Arizona-Phoenix Ecosystem
We examined how growth of the Phoenix urban landscape has changed spatial patterns in native Sonoran desert plant diversity. Combining data from the U.S. Census with a probability-based field inventory, we used spatial and multivariate statistics to show how plant diversity across the region is influenced by human actions. Spatial variations in plant diversity among sites were best explained by current and former land use, income, housing age, an…
Embedding Skill Bias: Technology, Institutions, and Inequality in Wages and Benefits
Is rising inequality an inevitable consequence of the transition to a knowledge-based economy? Departing from existing approaches in labor economics and comparative political economy, we develop an account of inequality in the knowledge economy that foregrounds the role of labor market institutions. We argue that collective bargaining institutions play a critical role in mediating the skill bias commonly associated with the diffusion of informati…
Problem and Opportunity: Integrating Anthropology, Ecology, and Policy through Adaptive Experimentation in the Urban U.S. Southwest
Natural resource management agencies and governmental programs that fund research are increasingly calling for interdisciplinary research that integrates biological ecology and the social sciences in a way that can inform policy. One fundamental impediment to collaboration derives from the emphasis that biological scientists place on experimentation, which is generally not considered a viable option for anthropologists. We suggest that anthropolo…
Torture
I am deeply conscious of the fact, as I consider the subject of torture, that I have led a very sheltered life. I have never been tortured. I have never seen anybody being tortured. Nor have I ever met anyone who has undergone this dreadful practice. But I cannot say that I have never met anyone who has had anything to do with it. The Cyprus emergency was at its height during my period of national service. My attempt to persuade the military auth…
Skill‐Biased Policy Change: Governing the Transition to the Knowledge Economy in Germany, Sweden and Britain
How have advanced capitalist democracies transitioned from a Fordist to a post‐Fordist, knowledge‐based economy? And why have they followed seemingly similar policy trajectories despite different economic models and sectoral specializations? We develop the notion of skill‐biased policy change to answer these questions. Drawing on a distinction between valence and partisan issues in the transition to the knowledge economy, we highlight the partisa…
The ICT revolution and preferences for taxing top earners
How has the ICT-driven transformation of labour markets in recent decades affected redistributive preferences? We move beyond existing research by focusing on the ‘winners’ of the ICT revolution and on other-regarding preferences for taxing top earners. We carry out an interactive, online experiment with around 3000 US respondents to test whether fairness perceptions and redistributive preferences differ when top incomes are gained through luck, …
Household education gaps and gender role attitudes
Individuals' attitudes about gender roles have been shown to be associated with a wide range of political outcomes. It is therefore crucial to better understand what shapes these attitudes. This note takes advantage of a randomized survey experiment embedded in the 2018 wave of the European Social Survey (ESS) to investigate how differences in education levels between partners influence the “gender childcare bias”—the extent to which individuals …
The Prison Letters of Martin Sostre: Documents of Resistance
On July 14, 1967, Martin Sostre, owner of an Afro-Asian bookstore in Buffalo's Black ghetto, was arrested and charged with inciting to riot, arson, and possession and sale of narcotics. Unable to raise $50,000 in bail (later reduced to $25,000), Sostre remained locked in the County Jail until his trial. On March 7, 1968, eight months later, the arson and riot charges had been dropped; he was convicted by an all-white jury for selling $15 worth of…
Socioeconomics drive urban plant diversity
Spatial variation in plant diversity has been attributed to heterogeneity in resource availability for many ecosystems. However, urbanization has resulted in entire landscapes that are now occupied by plant communities wholly created by humans, in which diversity may reflect social, economic, and cultural influences in addition to those recognized by traditional ecological theory. Here we use data from a probability-based survey to explore the va…
Bonding and Bridging: Understanding the Relationship between Social Capital and Civic Action
This study investigates the relationship between social connections and collective civic action. Measuring social capital in eight Phoenix, Arizona, neighborhoods allowed the authors to determine that individuals with strong social bonding (i.e., association and trust among neighbors) are more likely to take civic action. However, while social capital lessens the relationship between an individual’s social status and the likelihood of taking acti…
Torture
I am deeply conscious of the fact, as I consider the subject of torture, that I have led a very sheltered life. I have never been tortured. I have never seen anybody being tortured. Nor have I ever met anyone who has undergone this dreadful practice. But I cannot say that I have never met anyone who has had anything to do with it. The Cyprus emergency was at its height during my period of national service. My attempt to persuade the military auth…
The Effects of Human Socioeconomic Status and Cultural Characteristics on Urban Patterns of Biodiversity
Kinzig, A. P., P. Warren, C. Martin, D. Hope, and M. Katti. 2005. The effects of human socioeconomic status and cultural characteristics on urban patterns of biodiversity. Ecology and Society 10(1): 23. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-01264-100123
Drivers of Spatial Variation in Plant Diversity Across the Central Arizona-Phoenix Ecosystem
We examined how growth of the Phoenix urban landscape has changed spatial patterns in native Sonoran desert plant diversity. Combining data from the U.S. Census with a probability-based field inventory, we used spatial and multivariate statistics to show how plant diversity across the region is influenced by human actions. Spatial variations in plant diversity among sites were best explained by current and former land use, income, housing age, an…
Problem and Opportunity: Integrating Anthropology, Ecology, and Policy through Adaptive Experimentation in the Urban U.S. Southwest
Natural resource management agencies and governmental programs that fund research are increasingly calling for interdisciplinary research that integrates biological ecology and the social sciences in a way that can inform policy. One fundamental impediment to collaboration derives from the emphasis that biological scientists place on experimentation, which is generally not considered a viable option for anthropologists. We suggest that anthropolo…
On Floods and Photo Ops: How Herbert Hoover and George W. Bush Exploited Catastrophes
Book Review| December 01 2010 On Floods and Photo Ops: How Herbert Hoover and George W. Bush Exploited Catastrophes On Floods and Photo Ops: How Herbert Hoover and George W. Bush Exploited Catastrophes. Paul Martin Lester. Diane S. Hope Diane S. Hope Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Rhetoric and Public Affairs (2010) 13 (4): 745–748. https://doi.org/10.2307/41940516 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter Linked…
More symmetrical children have faster and more consistent choice reaction times
Greater cognitive ability in childhood is associated with increased longevity, and speedier reaction time (RT) might account for much of this linkage. Greater bodily symmetry is linked to both higher cognitive test scores and faster RTs. It is possible, then, that differences in bodily system integrity indexed by symmetry may underlie the associations of RT and intelligence with increased longevity. However, RT and symmetry have seldom been exami…
Growth Models, Varieties of Capitalism, and Macroeconomics
Lucio Baccaro and Jonas Pontusson make a significant contribution to comparative political economy with their approach to analyzing growth in advanced economies, which focuses on the demand side of the economy and distributive conflict. In contrast to Baccaro and Pontusson, however, we view their approach as reinforcing recent developments in varieties of capitalism rather than undermining them. We also believe that the type of modern macroeconom…
The Transition to the Knowledge Economy, Labor Market Institutions, and Income Inequality in Advanced Democracies
The transition from Fordism to the knowledge economy in the world’s advanced democracies was underpinned by the revolution in information and communications technology (ict). The introduction and rapid diffusion ofictpushed up wages for college-educated workers with complementary skills and allowed top managers and CEOs to reap greater rewards for their own talents. Despite these common pressures, income inequality did not rise to the same extent…
Is There a Replication Crisis in Medical Education Research
Scholars are increasingly aware that studies—across many disciplines—cannot be replicated by independent researchers. Here, the authors describe how medical education research may be vulnerable to this “replication crisis,” explain how researchers can act together to reduce risks, and discuss the positive steps that can increase confidence in research findings. Medical education research contributes to policy and influences practitioner behavior.…
Candidates undertaking (invigilated) assessment online show no differences in performance compared to those undertaking assessment offline
BACKGROUND: Medical education has historically relied on high stakes knowledge tests sat in examination centres with invigilators monitoring academic malpractice. The COVID-19 pandemic has made such examination formats impossible, and medical educators have explored the use of online assessments as a potential replacement. This shift has in turn led to fears that the change in format or academic malpractice might lead to considerably higher attai…
Household education gaps and gender role attitudes
Individuals' attitudes about gender roles have been shown to be associated with a wide range of political outcomes. It is therefore crucial to better understand what shapes these attitudes. This note takes advantage of a randomized survey experiment embedded in the 2018 wave of the European Social Survey (ESS) to investigate how differences in education levels between partners influence the “gender childcare bias”—the extent to which individuals …
The knowledge economy and taxes on the rich
What drives taxes on the rich? In this article, we claim that the existing empirical literature on taxing the rich suffers from two key shortcomings: 1) It pays too little attention to the major structural and technological changes that have taken place in advanced capitalist economies since the 1970s; and 2) it lacks consensus on how to measure taxes on the rich. We seek to address these shortcomings by exploring the implications of the rise of …
The economic consequences of major tax cuts for the rich
The last 50 years has seen a dramatic decline in taxes on the rich across the advanced democracies. There is still fervent debate in both political and academic circles, however, about the economic consequences of this sweeping change in tax policy. This article contributes to this debate by utilizing a newly constructed indicator of taxes on the rich to identify all instances of major tax reductions on the rich in 18 Organisation for Economic Co…
Skill-Biased Liberalization: Germany's Transition to the Knowledge Economy
This article conceptualizes the evolution of the German political economy as the codevelopment of technological and institutional change. The notion of skill-biased liberalization is introduced to capture this process and contrasted with the two dominant theoretical frameworks employed in contemporary comparative political economy scholarship-dualization and liberalization. Integrating theories from labor economics, the article argues that the in…
Why do (some) ordinary Americans support tax cuts for the rich? Evidence from a randomised survey experiment
Why do (some) ordinary citizens support tax cuts for the rich? We test four prominent explanations – unenlightened self-interest, fairness considerations, prospect of upward mobility, and trickle-down beliefs – using a randomised, online information provision experiment, embedded in a representative survey of around 3000 US Americans. The results show that preferences for taxing the rich are fundamentally affected by information that shifts citiz…
A “Red Flag” system adds value to medical school admissions interviews
Introduction Non-cognitive traits should be considered when selecting candidates to study medicine. However, evaluating these traits remains difficult. We explored whether measuring undesirable non-cognitive behaviour (‘Red Flags’) added value to a medical school admissions system. Red Flags included rudeness, ignoring the contributions of others, disrespectful behaviour, or poor communication.Methods Following an admissions interview testing non…
Pushing forward with healthcare emergency classification: Introducing the predictability-urgency-scale-harm model
WHAT IS THE EDUCATIONAL CHALLENGE?: Healthcare emergencies are common and heterogenous, but conceptually poorly defined in health professions education. This gap was highlighted while developing educational materials for medical students and newly qualified doctors learning to manage healthcare emergencies. We found no existing comprehensive framework to describe the nature of emergencies for educational and other purposes. WHAT ARE THE PROPOSED …
The transition to the knowledge economy in advanced capitalist democracies: A New Index for Comparative Research
This article sets out to develop a new index capturing advanced capitalist democracies’ transition to the knowledge economy. Reviewing how the notion has evolved in the literature, the article proposes a definition of the knowledge economy based upon two key elements—technology and (high) skills. These are operationalized in six indicators and combined through Bayesian latent variable analysis to produce a new Knowledge Economy Index, covering tw…
Taxes on top incomes and financialisation
Financialisation is one of the most prominent economic developments of the past half century in the advanced democracies. While the existing literature focuses on financial deregulation and liberalisation as the key policy changes driving financialisation, this paper contends that tax policy also plays a crucial role. More specifically, we argue that cuts to taxes on top incomes disproportionately benefit the financial sector, as it pays unusuall…
Skill‐Biased Policy Change: Governing the Transition to the Knowledge Economy in Germany, Sweden and Britain
How have advanced capitalist democracies transitioned from a Fordist to a post‐Fordist, knowledge‐based economy? And why have they followed seemingly similar policy trajectories despite different economic models and sectoral specializations? We develop the notion of skill‐biased policy change to answer these questions. Drawing on a distinction between valence and partisan issues in the transition to the knowledge economy, we highlight the partisa…
The ICT revolution and preferences for taxing top earners
How has the ICT-driven transformation of labour markets in recent decades affected redistributive preferences? We move beyond existing research by focusing on the ‘winners’ of the ICT revolution and on other-regarding preferences for taxing top earners. We carry out an interactive, online experiment with around 3000 US respondents to test whether fairness perceptions and redistributive preferences differ when top incomes are gained through luck, …
Embedding Skill Bias: Technology, Institutions, and Inequality in Wages and Benefits
Is rising inequality an inevitable consequence of the transition to a knowledge-based economy? Departing from existing approaches in labor economics and comparative political economy, we develop an account of inequality in the knowledge economy that foregrounds the role of labor market institutions. We argue that collective bargaining institutions play a critical role in mediating the skill bias commonly associated with the diffusion of informati…
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