Political alignment between firms and employees in the United States

Evidence From a New Dataset

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ID6342175
AuthorsJan Stuckatz (0000-0002-3666-2570, Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume10
Issue1
Pages215-225
Publication date2022-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePolitical Science Research and Methods (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2049-8470 • E-ISSN: 2049-8489
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/psrm.2020.19
OpenAlexW3025033489
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited21

I present a novel measure of partisan alignment between firms and employees. This measure is constructed using data matching 1,691,790 US federal campaign contribution filings of 85,109 individuals to the donations of 874 Political Action Committees (PACs) of publicly listed US companies between 2003 and 2016. The alignment measure shows that employee and employer contributions are highly correlated. Furthermore, firm- and occupation-level factors are significantly associated with firm–employee alignment. Uniquely, these new data can be easily linked to external data on industries, firms, and occupations and consequently allow for in-depth analysis of precisely how companies can influence employees’ politics

Action (physics · Business · Database · Industrial organization · Matching (statistics · Measure (data warehouse · Political action · Political science · Politics · Statistics · Computer Science · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies

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