Belinda Creel Davis
Biographic Data
| ID | 4179922 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Belinda Creel Davis |
| GIVEN NAMES | Belinda Creel |
| FAMILY NAME | Davis |
| SIGNATURE | DAVIS B C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Louisiana State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9603-2677 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 213 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
The Politics of (Mis)perception: Understanding Americans’ Beliefs About Immigrant Welfare Usage
Background Public concerns about immigrants' use of welfare programs have long influenced U.S. immigration and social policy. During the Trump administration, claims that immigrants exploit the American welfare system became central to the political agenda, amplifying perceptions that immigrants are economic burdens. These perceptions, whether grounded in reality or not, can shape public support for both immigration and the welfare state. Aims Fe…
Candidate Gender, Campaign Appeals, and Voter Support in Judicial Elections
Making the Grade: Policy Design and Effects of Information about Government Performance
Increasingly, governments report on public service quality, which has the potential to inform evaluations of performance that underlie voters’ opinions and behaviors. We argue these policies have important effects that go beyond informing voters. Specifically, we contend that the format in which policymakers choose to report information will steer the direction of opinion by exacerbating or mitigating biases in information processing. Using the c…
Gendered Expectations: Do Voters Reward Women for Supporting Women’s Interests
Are women legislators punished for not supporting women’s substantive policy interests? We test these gendered expectations. We marshal an original content analysis of cable news coverage and two survey experiments testing voters’ assessment of hypothetical legislators on the issues of abortion and equal pay. We find that voters rate both women and men legislators positively for supporting women’s issues and negatively evaluate legislators of bot…
"Immigrationalization" of the Welfare State: Contextual influences on Welfare Politics in the United States
While prior studies have consistently linked immigration attitudes with public support for the welfare state, it is not yet clear how individuals process immigrant-related information in their home contexts and combine that with their existing immigration attitudes to update their attitudes toward the welfare state. In this paper, we consider how context (i.e., immigrant welfare participation rates in individuals' home states) works in tandem wit…
Immigration Attitudes and Support for the Welfare State in the American Mass Public
In this article, we explore the relationship between Americans’ attitudes toward immigrants and immigration and their attitudes toward welfare. Using data from the Cumulative American National Election Study from 1992 to 2012, we find ample evidence of the influence of immigration attitudes on both individuals’ attitudes toward welfare recipients and their attitudes toward increased welfare spending. These immigration effects persist even in the …
Predicting Material Hardship Among Former Welfare-to-Work Participants: An Income- and Resource-Packaging Model
Material hardship is of concern because it refers to physical deprivation related to meeting the basic needs of food, housing, utilities, and other items. This study tests a predictive income- and resource-packaging model of material hardship using survey data collected from 459 former welfare-to-work program participants. Logistic regression results show that receiving social support in the form of living rent-free decreased the odds for experie…
The Complex Lives of Disconnected Welfare Leavers: Examining Employment Barriers, Social Support and Informal Employment
With no federal entitlement to cash assistance, some unemployed welfare leavers have no obvious means of support. This article compares former Louisiana's Strategies to Empower People (STEP) participants who are disconnected from employment and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) to those who are connected. Logistic regressions show that disconnected welfare leavers are more likely to have transportation problems, live rent free, and e…
The Extended Reach of Minority Political Power: The Interaction of Descriptive Representation, Managerial Networking, and Race
This paper explores the conditions under which descriptive and bureaucratic representation translate into policy outcomes. In particular, it investigates the role of managerial networking in providing a conduit for black political power to influence policy outcomes for black clients. Using administrative data, survey data, and parish-level contextual data on new participants to Louisiana's welfare to work program from April 2004 through September…
Material Hardship Among Banked and Unbanked Earned Income Tax Credit-Eligible Families
The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) has helped millions of Americans escape poverty. However, there is a dearth of research examining the experience of material hardship among EITC recipients. A lack of mainstream banking, disproportionately experienced by the poor, may also be related to increased hardship experiences. This study, using a sample of families receiving the EITC, investigates the hardship differences experienced depending on bankin…
One More Piece to Make Us Puzzle: The Initiative Process and Legislators' Reelection Chances
This article examines how the presence and usage of the initiative process impact the electoral chances of state legislators. Using individual-level data on state legislators across the states from 1970 to 1989, the authors find that the presence and frequency of use of the initiative do not hurt legislators' electoral chances. In fact, under certain institutional settings, the initiative process can have a small beneficial impact on legislator's…
Explaining State-Level Variations In Levels And Change In The Distribution Of Income In The United States, 1978-1990
Income concentrations increased markedly in the United States during the period since 1980. Income concentrations occurred within states at differing levels and rates. We estimate models that explain variations in levels of income concentration among states in 1980 and 1990 and of changes in state-level income concentration during the period 1978 to 1990. We test for the effects of state and national government redistributive policies along with …
The Politics of Torts: Explaining Litigation Rates in the American States
Debate rages over whether Americans have become enormously litigious, but little research considers why Americans file cases in the first place or adequately considers rates of litigation over time. This article examines tort filings in ten representative states over a 20-year period and analyzes the impact of social, political, policy, and legal system factors that may account for case filings. We find that filing rates vary substantially over t…
Asked and Answered: Knowledge Levels When We Will Not Take “Don't Know” for an Answer
Immigration Attitudes and Support for the Welfare State in the American Mass Public
In this article, we explore the relationship between Americans’ attitudes toward immigrants and immigration and their attitudes toward welfare. Using data from the Cumulative American National Election Study from 1992 to 2012, we find ample evidence of the influence of immigration attitudes on both individuals’ attitudes toward welfare recipients and their attitudes toward increased welfare spending. These immigration effects persist even in the …
Asked and Answered: Knowledge Levels When We Will Not Take “Don't Know” for an Answer
The Extended Reach of Minority Political Power: The Interaction of Descriptive Representation, Managerial Networking, and Race
This paper explores the conditions under which descriptive and bureaucratic representation translate into policy outcomes. In particular, it investigates the role of managerial networking in providing a conduit for black political power to influence policy outcomes for black clients. Using administrative data, survey data, and parish-level contextual data on new participants to Louisiana's welfare to work program from April 2004 through September…
Explaining State-Level Variations In Levels And Change In The Distribution Of Income In The United States, 1978-1990
Income concentrations increased markedly in the United States during the period since 1980. Income concentrations occurred within states at differing levels and rates. We estimate models that explain variations in levels of income concentration among states in 1980 and 1990 and of changes in state-level income concentration during the period 1978 to 1990. We test for the effects of state and national government redistributive policies along with …
Material Hardship Among Banked and Unbanked Earned Income Tax Credit-Eligible Families
The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) has helped millions of Americans escape poverty. However, there is a dearth of research examining the experience of material hardship among EITC recipients. A lack of mainstream banking, disproportionately experienced by the poor, may also be related to increased hardship experiences. This study, using a sample of families receiving the EITC, investigates the hardship differences experienced depending on bankin…
Candidate Gender, Campaign Appeals, and Voter Support in Judicial Elections
The Complex Lives of Disconnected Welfare Leavers: Examining Employment Barriers, Social Support and Informal Employment
With no federal entitlement to cash assistance, some unemployed welfare leavers have no obvious means of support. This article compares former Louisiana's Strategies to Empower People (STEP) participants who are disconnected from employment and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) to those who are connected. Logistic regressions show that disconnected welfare leavers are more likely to have transportation problems, live rent free, and e…
The Politics of Torts: Explaining Litigation Rates in the American States
Debate rages over whether Americans have become enormously litigious, but little research considers why Americans file cases in the first place or adequately considers rates of litigation over time. This article examines tort filings in ten representative states over a 20-year period and analyzes the impact of social, political, policy, and legal system factors that may account for case filings. We find that filing rates vary substantially over t…
One More Piece to Make Us Puzzle: The Initiative Process and Legislators' Reelection Chances
This article examines how the presence and usage of the initiative process impact the electoral chances of state legislators. Using individual-level data on state legislators across the states from 1970 to 1989, the authors find that the presence and frequency of use of the initiative do not hurt legislators' electoral chances. In fact, under certain institutional settings, the initiative process can have a small beneficial impact on legislator's…
Predicting Material Hardship Among Former Welfare-to-Work Participants: An Income- and Resource-Packaging Model
Material hardship is of concern because it refers to physical deprivation related to meeting the basic needs of food, housing, utilities, and other items. This study tests a predictive income- and resource-packaging model of material hardship using survey data collected from 459 former welfare-to-work program participants. Logistic regression results show that receiving social support in the form of living rent-free decreased the odds for experie…
Making the Grade: Policy Design and Effects of Information about Government Performance
Increasingly, governments report on public service quality, which has the potential to inform evaluations of performance that underlie voters’ opinions and behaviors. We argue these policies have important effects that go beyond informing voters. Specifically, we contend that the format in which policymakers choose to report information will steer the direction of opinion by exacerbating or mitigating biases in information processing. Using the c…
Gendered Expectations: Do Voters Reward Women for Supporting Women’s Interests
Are women legislators punished for not supporting women’s substantive policy interests? We test these gendered expectations. We marshal an original content analysis of cable news coverage and two survey experiments testing voters’ assessment of hypothetical legislators on the issues of abortion and equal pay. We find that voters rate both women and men legislators positively for supporting women’s issues and negatively evaluate legislators of bot…
"Immigrationalization" of the Welfare State: Contextual influences on Welfare Politics in the United States
While prior studies have consistently linked immigration attitudes with public support for the welfare state, it is not yet clear how individuals process immigrant-related information in their home contexts and combine that with their existing immigration attitudes to update their attitudes toward the welfare state. In this paper, we consider how context (i.e., immigrant welfare participation rates in individuals' home states) works in tandem wit…
The Politics of Torts: Explaining Litigation Rates in the American States
Debate rages over whether Americans have become enormously litigious, but little research considers why Americans file cases in the first place or adequately considers rates of litigation over time. This article examines tort filings in ten representative states over a 20-year period and analyzes the impact of social, political, policy, and legal system factors that may account for case filings. We find that filing rates vary substantially over t…
Asked and Answered: Knowledge Levels When We Will Not Take “Don't Know” for an Answer
Explaining State-Level Variations In Levels And Change In The Distribution Of Income In The United States, 1978-1990
Income concentrations increased markedly in the United States during the period since 1980. Income concentrations occurred within states at differing levels and rates. We estimate models that explain variations in levels of income concentration among states in 1980 and 1990 and of changes in state-level income concentration during the period 1978 to 1990. We test for the effects of state and national government redistributive policies along with …
One More Piece to Make Us Puzzle: The Initiative Process and Legislators' Reelection Chances
This article examines how the presence and usage of the initiative process impact the electoral chances of state legislators. Using individual-level data on state legislators across the states from 1970 to 1989, the authors find that the presence and frequency of use of the initiative do not hurt legislators' electoral chances. In fact, under certain institutional settings, the initiative process can have a small beneficial impact on legislator's…
Material Hardship Among Banked and Unbanked Earned Income Tax Credit-Eligible Families
The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) has helped millions of Americans escape poverty. However, there is a dearth of research examining the experience of material hardship among EITC recipients. A lack of mainstream banking, disproportionately experienced by the poor, may also be related to increased hardship experiences. This study, using a sample of families receiving the EITC, investigates the hardship differences experienced depending on bankin…
The Extended Reach of Minority Political Power: The Interaction of Descriptive Representation, Managerial Networking, and Race
This paper explores the conditions under which descriptive and bureaucratic representation translate into policy outcomes. In particular, it investigates the role of managerial networking in providing a conduit for black political power to influence policy outcomes for black clients. Using administrative data, survey data, and parish-level contextual data on new participants to Louisiana's welfare to work program from April 2004 through September…
The Complex Lives of Disconnected Welfare Leavers: Examining Employment Barriers, Social Support and Informal Employment
With no federal entitlement to cash assistance, some unemployed welfare leavers have no obvious means of support. This article compares former Louisiana's Strategies to Empower People (STEP) participants who are disconnected from employment and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) to those who are connected. Logistic regressions show that disconnected welfare leavers are more likely to have transportation problems, live rent free, and e…
Predicting Material Hardship Among Former Welfare-to-Work Participants: An Income- and Resource-Packaging Model
Material hardship is of concern because it refers to physical deprivation related to meeting the basic needs of food, housing, utilities, and other items. This study tests a predictive income- and resource-packaging model of material hardship using survey data collected from 459 former welfare-to-work program participants. Logistic regression results show that receiving social support in the form of living rent-free decreased the odds for experie…
Immigration Attitudes and Support for the Welfare State in the American Mass Public
In this article, we explore the relationship between Americans’ attitudes toward immigrants and immigration and their attitudes toward welfare. Using data from the Cumulative American National Election Study from 1992 to 2012, we find ample evidence of the influence of immigration attitudes on both individuals’ attitudes toward welfare recipients and their attitudes toward increased welfare spending. These immigration effects persist even in the …
The Politics of (Mis)perception: Understanding Americans’ Beliefs About Immigrant Welfare Usage
Background Public concerns about immigrants' use of welfare programs have long influenced U.S. immigration and social policy. During the Trump administration, claims that immigrants exploit the American welfare system became central to the political agenda, amplifying perceptions that immigrants are economic burdens. These perceptions, whether grounded in reality or not, can shape public support for both immigration and the welfare state. Aims Fe…
Candidate Gender, Campaign Appeals, and Voter Support in Judicial Elections
Making the Grade: Policy Design and Effects of Information about Government Performance
Increasingly, governments report on public service quality, which has the potential to inform evaluations of performance that underlie voters’ opinions and behaviors. We argue these policies have important effects that go beyond informing voters. Specifically, we contend that the format in which policymakers choose to report information will steer the direction of opinion by exacerbating or mitigating biases in information processing. Using the c…
Gendered Expectations: Do Voters Reward Women for Supporting Women’s Interests
Are women legislators punished for not supporting women’s substantive policy interests? We test these gendered expectations. We marshal an original content analysis of cable news coverage and two survey experiments testing voters’ assessment of hypothetical legislators on the issues of abortion and equal pay. We find that voters rate both women and men legislators positively for supporting women’s issues and negatively evaluate legislators of bot…
"Immigrationalization" of the Welfare State: Contextual influences on Welfare Politics in the United States
While prior studies have consistently linked immigration attitudes with public support for the welfare state, it is not yet clear how individuals process immigrant-related information in their home contexts and combine that with their existing immigration attitudes to update their attitudes toward the welfare state. In this paper, we consider how context (i.e., immigrant welfare participation rates in individuals' home states) works in tandem wit…
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