Class in Session? Legislator Economic Background and Policy Content in Congress

• In Event: The Political Consequences of Political Representation

Brief Overview

Do working class Members write legislation to advance policy that benefits their class? Using PCS (Lauterbach 2021) we examine whether these legislators write legislation using policy tools to ensure working class constituents obtain policy.

Authors

• Erinn Kay Lauterbach, University of Virginia

• Thomas J. Hayes, University of Connecticut

• Ben Bishin, University of California-Riverside