Rise in risk inequality helps explain polarized US voters
Wednesday, July 13, 2011 - 15:31
in Mathematics & Economics
A new study of political polarization in the United States suggests that changes in the labor market since the 1970s has helped create more Republican and Democratic partisans and fewer independents. The growth in partisanship has to do with people's current income and -- importantly -- their expectations of job security, according to new research.