Research on the economic backgrounds of politicians is once again flourishing in political
science. In this article, we describe the economic characteristics that scholars have recently …

Random forests (RF) has become a popular technique for classification, prediction, studying
variable importance, variable selection, and outlier detection. There are numerous …

Working‐class citizens have been numerically underrepresented in policymaking institutions
throughout most of America's history. Little is known, however, about the political …

Does it matter that working‐class citizens are numerically underrepresented in political
offices throughout the world? For decades, the conventional wisdom in comparative politics …

We review the empirical literature that studies the effect of ethnic diversity on public
spending and on individual support for the welfare state. The survey puts a particular focus …

Does immigration reduce natives' support for the welfare state? Evidence from the European
Social Survey (2002/2003) suggests a more qualified relation. For Europe as a whole, there …

We link two cross‐country datasets to analyse the relationship between individuals'
patriotism and attitudes toward tax compliance. The datasets contain a number of variables …

What determines support among individuals for redistributive policies? Do individuals care
about others when they assess the consequences of redistribution? Using data for the US …

We explore the impact of the self-serving bias on the supply and demand for redistribution.
We present results from an experiment in which participants decide on redistribution after …

We survey the literature on preferences for redistribution. We discuss different ways the
literature has measured these preferences and review literature on the different …