Replication data for a study on how perceived economic proximity to the poor and distance from the rich shapes support for redistribution. The dataset includes results from two survey experiments in the United Kingdom with 3,470 participants and observational data from 14 democracies. It was authored by Matias Engdal Christensen for Perspectives on Politics, with a last update timestamp of 2026-07-15.
Use Cases
- Analyze the relationship between perceived downward economic proximity and support for redistribution based on the described experimental results.
- Test social affinity versus status competition mechanisms using the induced bidirectional comparison data.
- Compare attitudes toward redistribution across different democratic contexts using the observational data from 14 countries.
Strengths
- Includes data from two survey experiments with a total of 3,470 participants in the United Kingdom.
- Provides observational data from 14 democracies for cross-national comparison.
- Dataset is associated with a peer-reviewed publication in Perspectives on Politics.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count for the full dataset is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Last updated 2026-07-15 13:42:47; freshness should be verified.
Provenance
- Source
- Matias Engdal Christensen, Perspectives on Politics
- Collection Method
- Survey experiments and observational data collection.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-07-15 13:42:47.
- Geography
- United Kingdom and 14 other democracies.