Citizen Evaluation of Public Sector Compensation Cuts under Fiscal Austerity: A Comparative Survey Experiment in Five OECD Countries

• In Event: The Implications of Political Control and Backsliding

Brief Overview

To assess the impact of public sector compensation cuts on citizens’ evaluation of governments, we implement a survey experiment across five OECD countries: the United States, the United Kingdom, Sweden, South Korea, and Japan.

Authors

• Reona Hayashi, Hosei University

• Hirofumi Takesue, Tokyo Metropolitan University