Who Can Assert Ownership Over Automation? Workplace Technological Change, Populist and Ethno-nationalist Rhetoric, and Candidate Support

Borwein, Sophie; Bonikowski, Bart; Loewen, Peter; Magistro, Beatrice; Lee-Whiting, Blake

doi:10.1007/s11109-024-09914-0

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“…After viewing the vignette, respondents were asked how much they agreed or disagreed with the statement [from Borwein et al (2024b)] that "The company's decision to introduce the new technology is fair," using a five-point scale from "strongly disagree" to "strongly agree" (with a sixth "don't know" option). 8 They were then asked how much they agreed or disagreed with each of the following government policies designed to mitigate the negative consequences of automation (again on a five-point scale with a "don't know" option): expanding social spending, implementing a basic income, guaranteeing workers jobs, reducing the number of unskilled and skilled immigrants, restricting trade, reskilling workers, and introducing an automation tax (see the online Appendix for exact phrasing).…”

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Attitudes toward automation and the demand for policies addressing job loss: the effects of information about trade-offs

Magistro,

Loewen,

Bonikowski

et al. 2024

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Does providing information about the costs and benefits of automation affect the perceived fairness of a firm's decision to automate or support for government policies addressing automation's labor market consequences? To answer these questions, we use data from vignette and conjoint experiments across four advanced economies (Australia, Canada, the UK, and the US). Our results show that despite people's relatively fixed policy preferences, their evaluation of the fairness of automation—and therefore potentially the issue's political salience—is sensitive to information about its trade-offs, especially information about price changes attributable to automated labor. This suggests that the political impact of automation may depend on how it is framed by the media and political actors.

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Attitudes toward automation and the demand for policies addressing job loss: the effects of information about trade-offs

Magistro,

Loewen,

Bonikowski

et al. 2024

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Self-interest and preferences for the regulation of artificial intelligence

Heinrich,

Witko

2024

Journal of Information Technology & Politics

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Globalization, Automation, and the Welfare State: Evidence from the OECD and South Korea

Han,

Kwon

2024

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How do subjective economic threats from globalization and technological changes shape social policy preferences? In this article, we argue that structural economic shifts increase subjective job insecurity. Consequently, individuals are more likely to seek immediate compensation for anticipated income and job losses, leading to a preference for short-term social consumption policies over social investment policies focused on long-term education and skill development. We find strong evidence of the effects of automation threats in the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Risks that Matter 2020 survey. In addition, an original survey experiment conducted in South Korea shows that globalization threats have an even stronger impact than automation threats on support for social consumption policies. Our study demonstrates that rising economic insecurity, driven by structural changes, is increasing the demand for social consumption policies at the expense of social investment in an era of austerity. This suggests a potential reshuffling of pro-welfare coalitions.

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Who Can Assert Ownership Over Automation? Workplace Technological Change, Populist and Ethno-nationalist Rhetoric, and Candidate Support

Cited by 3 publications

References 38 publications

Attitudes toward automation and the demand for policies addressing job loss: the effects of information about trade-offs

Attitudes toward automation and the demand for policies addressing job loss: the effects of information about trade-offs

Self-interest and preferences for the regulation of artificial intelligence

Globalization, Automation, and the Welfare State: Evidence from the OECD and South Korea

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