Publications

Lower Taxes at All Costs? Evidence From a Survey Experiment in Four European Countries
It is commonly argued that citizens favour lower taxes, thereby exerting pressure for tax reductions that undermine the ability of …
Björn Bremer, Reto Bürgisser
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Public Opinion on Welfare State Recalibration in Times of Austerity: Evidence from Survey Experiments
Even though social investment is highly popular, welfare state recalibration remains an uphill battle. When resources are scarce in …
Björn Bremer, Reto Bürgisser
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Policy Responses to Technological Change in the Workplace
The rise of new technologies has been a defining feature of advanced capitalist countries over the last decades, reigniting concerns …
Reto Bürgisser
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Blessing or Curse? The Rise of Tourism-Led Growth in Europe’s Southern Periphery
Despite being one of the world’s major internationally traded services, tourism remains neglected within debates on European …
Reto Bürgisser, Donato Di Carlo
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Family Policy
Family policy has become an increasingly important policy area in Switzerland since the 1990s. Benefits and services to families have …
Silja Häusermann, Reto Bürgisser
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Do Citizens Care About Government Debt? Evidence From Survey Experiments on Budgetary Priorities
Ever since the Great Recession, public debt has become politicized. Some research suggests that citizens are fiscally conservative, …
Björn Bremer, Reto Bürgisser
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Wählerschaft und Perspektiven der Sozialdemokratie in der Schweiz
Bedrängt vom strukturellen Wandel und neuen parteipolitischen Rivalen ringen sozialdemokratische Parteien in ganz Europa im 21. …
Silja Häusermann, Tarik Abou-Chadi, Reto Bürgisser, Matthias Enggist, Reto Mitteregger, Nadja Mosimann, Delia Zollinger
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Wählerschaft und Perspektiven der Sozialdemokratie in der Schweiz
The Partisan Politics of Family and Labor Market Policy Reforms in Southern Europe
This chapter sheds light on the role of political parties as social investment protagonists, consenters, or antagonists in the reform …
Reto Bürgisser
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Familienpolitik
Die Familienpolitik ist in der Schweiz seit den 1990er Jahren zu einem immer wichtigeren Politikbereich geworden. Die Leistungen für …
Silja Häusermann, Reto Bürgisser
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Insider–Outsider Representation and Social Democratic Labor Market Policy
Postindustrialization and occupational change considerably complicate partisan politics of the welfare state. This article asks about …
Reto Bürgisser, Thomas Kurer
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Attitudinal Polarization Towards the Redistributive Role of the State in the Wake of the COVID-19 Crisis
The COVID-19 crisis presents a unique opportunity to study how public opinion towards the redistributive role of the state reacts to a …
Macarena Ares, Reto Bürgisser, Silja Häusermann
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Trade-Offs Between Redistribution and Environmental Protection: the Role of Information, Ideology, and Self-Interest
Reducing economic inequality and combatting climate change are two strongly supported policy goals, but they will require significant …
Klaus Armingeon, Reto Bürgisser
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The Politics of Welfare State Recalibration in Continental and Southern Europe
This thesis argues that the politics of welfare state change do not follow the same dynamics as during the Golden Age. …
Reto Bürgisser
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