cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.5683/sp2/mpkanz
title: Canadian Gallup Polls, June 1962b, #297

description: This Gallup poll focuses primarily on politically based questions. The questions ask directly about a respondents intentions and history of voting and their preferred political parties and leaders, as well as addressing other issues of political significance. The respondents were also asked questions so that they could be grouped according to geographical, demographical, and social variables. The topics of interest include: American nuclear testing; whether respondents have been up in an airplane; Canadian defence policy; car ownership; the devaluation of the Canadian dollar; the upcoming federal election; whether hospital rates are too high; whether religion is increasing its influence; teenagers' behaviour improving; television's influence on children; union membership; voting behaviour; and whether women dominate their husbands or vice versa. Basic demographics variables are also included.
DOI: 10.5683/sp2/zqriue
title: Canadian Gallup Poll, September 1962, #298

description: This Gallup poll seeks the opinions of Canadians on current issues of national importance and interest. There are questions about government activities and politicians, as well as important current events topics, such as abortion, and the controvercial drug Thalidomide. Respondents were also asked questions so that they could be grouped according to geographical, demographical, and social variables. The topics of interest include: whether abortions should be allowed if the baby will be deformed; the austerity programme; car ownership; Diefenbaker's performance as Prime Minister; economic conditions in Canada; federal elections; what the main problem facing Canada is; pay raise talks for civil servants; preferred political parties; price and wage freezes; Real Caouette, leader of the Social Credit party; predictions for the standards of living in the future; Thalidomide; unemployment insurance; union membership; and voting behaviour. Basic demographics variables are also included.
DOI: 10.5683/sp2/9vynta
title: Canadian Gallup Poll, November 1962, #299

description: This Gallup poll aims to collect the opinions of Canadian on a variety of current events topics. Some of the subjects include politics, religion, nuclear war, and strikes. The respondents were also asked questions so that they could be grouped according to geographic, demographic, and social variables. The topics of interest include: alcohol consumption; arms reduction; the British Commonwealth; C.B.C. news' political bias; car ownership; Diefenbaker's performance as Prime Minister; Ecumenism's possibility of success; the European Common Market; the federal election; who will be the first country to send a man to the moon; the possibility of nuclear war; nuclear weapons for the Canadian military; Pearson's performance as leader of the opposition; trading with communist nations; union membership; and voting behaviour. Basic demographics are also included.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20292574
title: The electoral consequences of welfare state changes: a sober look at theory and evidence

description: The expectation that welfare retrenchment and expansion have electoral consequences for governing parties is widespread in welfare state research. Previous research either argues that welfare state change has electoral consequences across the board or that this is at least the case under certain conditions, such as a left party in government. In this study, we synthesize existing theoretical approaches into a stylized theoretical model and discuss why the assumptions underlying the electoral consequences argument may be questionable. We then conduct an empirical analysis of the electoral fates of government parties in 20 European countries. A wide range of statistical specifications provide practically no evidence for electoral consequences of welfare state changes even under favorable conditions. The importance of welfare changes for electoral outcomes may therefore be overstated.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20292574.v1
title: The electoral consequences of welfare state changes: a sober look at theory and evidence

description: The expectation that welfare retrenchment and expansion have electoral consequences for governing parties is widespread in welfare state research. Previous research either argues that welfare state change has electoral consequences across the board or that this is at least the case under certain conditions, such as a left party in government. In this study, we synthesize existing theoretical approaches into a stylized theoretical model and discuss why the assumptions underlying the electoral consequences argument may be questionable. We then conduct an empirical analysis of the electoral fates of government parties in 20 European countries. A wide range of statistical specifications provide practically no evidence for electoral consequences of welfare state changes even under favorable conditions. The importance of welfare changes for electoral outcomes may therefore be overstated.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20166236
title: The ties that unbind: intergovernmental decision rules and the policy-opinion link

description: Whether territorial (intergovernmental) decision rules adversely impact the policy-opinion link is a controversial topic, and unresolved in part due to a lack of empirical evidence. This study leverages the European Union's (EU) codecision reform – introduced to tackle the EU's democratic deficit – to evaluate whether it caused EU policies to better track public opinion (mood).. The analysis links an original dataset of ideologically scaled EU policies with existing datasets on European public opinion (1990–2008) and applies the difference-in-differences (DiD) causal inference design. The study finds that EU policies adopted under codecision more closely track European public opinion shifts. The finding supports the argument that territorial legislative procedures can hurt the democratic legitimacy of public policies. This has significant implications for the reform of the EU and of global governance, and contributes to the broader field of political representation and the debate on territorial representation.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20166236.v1
title: The ties that unbind: intergovernmental decision rules and the policy-opinion link

description: Whether territorial (intergovernmental) decision rules adversely impact the policy-opinion link is a controversial topic, and unresolved in part due to a lack of empirical evidence. This study leverages the European Union's (EU) codecision reform – introduced to tackle the EU's democratic deficit – to evaluate whether it caused EU policies to better track public opinion (mood).. The analysis links an original dataset of ideologically scaled EU policies with existing datasets on European public opinion (1990–2008) and applies the difference-in-differences (DiD) causal inference design. The study finds that EU policies adopted under codecision more closely track European public opinion shifts. The finding supports the argument that territorial legislative procedures can hurt the democratic legitimacy of public policies. This has significant implications for the reform of the EU and of global governance, and contributes to the broader field of political representation and the debate on territorial representation.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20332785
title: Perceptions of (unequal) responsiveness and their consequences for electoral participation

description: Research on a variety of democracies has shown that there is a link between mass preferences and public policy. It has also been documented that public policy tends to be more responsive to the preferences of affluent citizens. We know little, however, about citizens’ perceptions of policy responsiveness and their consequences for electoral participation. This manuscript addresses this issue by analysing citizens’ perceptions of policy responsiveness and of unequal policy responsiveness, the extent to which these perceptions vary by income, as well as the effect of those perceptions on turnout across various income groups. Using data from an original survey conducted in 13 western democracies in 2019, the analyses reveal that most citizens from all income groups are skeptical about their influence on policy and perceive a bias in policy making that favors the rich. These perceptions are associated with lower levels of participation, especially among the low-income groups.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20332785.v1
title: Perceptions of (unequal) responsiveness and their consequences for electoral participation

description: Research on a variety of democracies has shown that there is a link between mass preferences and public policy. It has also been documented that public policy tends to be more responsive to the preferences of affluent citizens. We know little, however, about citizens’ perceptions of policy responsiveness and their consequences for electoral participation. This manuscript addresses this issue by analysing citizens’ perceptions of policy responsiveness and of unequal policy responsiveness, the extent to which these perceptions vary by income, as well as the effect of those perceptions on turnout across various income groups. Using data from an original survey conducted in 13 western democracies in 2019, the analyses reveal that most citizens from all income groups are skeptical about their influence on policy and perceive a bias in policy making that favors the rich. These perceptions are associated with lower levels of participation, especially among the low-income groups.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20286830
title: An unexpected climate activist: central banks and the politics of the climate-neutral economy

description: Recently, an unexpected public actor has joined climate activists’ forces: central banks increasingly care about and act on climate change. Their (potential) contribution to the climate-neutral economy is immense, as they possess vast institutional resources to influence investment in the economy. Central banks’ advocacy is puzzling, as they put their legitimacy at risk by stepping outside their mandates and area of expertise. To explore this puzzle, I study why and how climate change came on the agenda of the Dutch central bank, one of the first movers among central banks. By opening the black box of organizational politics within central banks and building on unique interview data, I show how the policy shift of the Dutch central bank can be traced back to a small group of policy-seeking staff. This process-tracing case study contributes to our understanding of transformative change in climate policy in particular and public policy more generally.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20286830.v1
title: An unexpected climate activist: central banks and the politics of the climate-neutral economy

description: Recently, an unexpected public actor has joined climate activists’ forces: central banks increasingly care about and act on climate change. Their (potential) contribution to the climate-neutral economy is immense, as they possess vast institutional resources to influence investment in the economy. Central banks’ advocacy is puzzling, as they put their legitimacy at risk by stepping outside their mandates and area of expertise. To explore this puzzle, I study why and how climate change came on the agenda of the Dutch central bank, one of the first movers among central banks. By opening the black box of organizational politics within central banks and building on unique interview data, I show how the policy shift of the Dutch central bank can be traced back to a small group of policy-seeking staff. This process-tracing case study contributes to our understanding of transformative change in climate policy in particular and public policy more generally.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.22790305
title: Narrowest Significance Pursuit: Inference for Multiple Change-Points in Linear Models

description: We propose Narrowest Significance Pursuit (NSP), a general and flexible methodology for automatically detecting localized regions in data sequences which each must contain a change-point (understood as an abrupt change in the parameters of an underlying linear model), at a prescribed global significance level. NSP works with a wide range of distributional assumptions on the errors, and guarantees important stochastic bounds which directly yield exact desired coverage probabilities, regardless of the form or number of the regressors. In contrast to the widely studied “post-selection inference” approach, NSP paves the way for the concept of “post-inference selection.” An implementation is available in the R package nsp. Supplementary materials for this article are available online.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.22790305.v3
title: Narrowest Significance Pursuit: Inference for Multiple Change-Points in Linear Models

description: We propose Narrowest Significance Pursuit (NSP), a general and flexible methodology for automatically detecting localized regions in data sequences which each must contain a change-point (understood as an abrupt change in the parameters of an underlying linear model), at a prescribed global significance level. NSP works with a wide range of distributional assumptions on the errors, and guarantees important stochastic bounds which directly yield exact desired coverage probabilities, regardless of the form or number of the regressors. In contrast to the widely studied “post-selection inference” approach, NSP paves the way for the concept of “post-inference selection.” An implementation is available in the R package nsp. Supplementary materials for this article are available online.
DOI: 10.3886/icpsr36239.v1
title: A Follow-Up Evaluation of Hawaii's Opportunity Probation with Enforcement (HOPE), 2007-2014
title: Version 1

description: This study was a long term follow up of Hawaii's Opportunity Probation with Enforcement (HOPE) program. The goal of the evaluation was to assess long term criminal justice outcomes and probation officer and probationer perspectives of the program.
description: The purpose of this study was to evaluate Hawaii's Opportunity Probation with Enforcement (HOPE) with a ten year follow up addressing whether the improvements in criminal-justice outcomes observed during the active HOPE intervention persist after the term of probation.
description: Administrative data from several sources were collected on HOPE and probation-as-usual (PAU) subjects. These records data were supplemented with in-person surveys with probationers, a probation-officer survey, and interviews with key officials.
description: Dataset 1 contains information on respondents' employment, living situation, familial relationships, probation, and drug use. Dataset 2 contains information on probation officers' experiences and opinions of HOPE. Datasets 3 and 4 contain demographic and criminal charge information.
description: Not applicable.
description: Response Rates: Not available.
description: Presence of Common Scales: None.
description: Datasets: DS0: Study-Level Files DS1: Probationer Survey Data DS2: Probation Officer Survey Data DS3: Prison Data DS4: Charges Data
description: Felony probationers and probation officers in Oahu. Smallest Geographic Unit: None
description: face-to-face interview; paper and pencil interview (PAPI); on-site questionnaire; web-based surveyDatasets 1 and 2 are available only as Excel files; they were not processed via standard curation.
DOI: 10.5683/sp2/2elmmu
title: Canadian Gallup Poll, January 1963, #300

description: This Canadian Gallup poll seeks the views of Canadians on a number of politically rooted issues, including opinions toward politicians and political parties, and political ideas, such as medicare. The respondents were also asked questions so that they could be grouped according to geographic, demographic and social variables. The topics of interest include: American prestige in Canada; who would make the best premier for Ontario; car ownership; which country is the biggest threat to peace; the Conservative party; the development of Canada as a nation; federal elections; John Diefenbaker's potential successor; Lester B. Pearson's potential successor; the Liberal party; Medicare; the New Democratic party; political party word association; the propaganda war between the United States and Russia; product-brand name association; Robert Thompson; the Social Credit party; Tommy Douglas; union membership; and voting behaviour. Basic demographics variables are also included.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.22790305.v2
title: Narrowest Significance Pursuit: inference for multiple change-points in linear models

description: We propose Narrowest Significance Pursuit (NSP), a general and flexible methodology for automatically detecting localised regions in data sequences which each must contain a change-point (understood as an abrupt change in the parameters of an underlying linear model), at a prescribed global significance level. NSP works with a wide range of distributional assumptions on the errors, and guarantees important stochastic bounds which directly yield exact desired coverage probabilities, regardless of the form or number of the regressors. In contrast to the widely studied “post-selection inference” approach, NSP paves the way for the concept of “post-inference selection”. An implementation is available in the R package nsp.
DOI: 10.3886/icpsr36239
title: A Follow-Up Evaluation of Hawaii's Opportunity Probation with Enforcement (HOPE), 2007-2014
title: Archival Version

description: This study was a long term follow up of Hawaii's Opportunity Probation with Enforcement (HOPE) program. The goal of the evaluation was to assess long term criminal justice outcomes and probation officer and probationer perspectives of the program.
description: The purpose of this study was to evaluate Hawaii's Opportunity Probation with Enforcement (HOPE) with a ten year follow up addressing whether the improvements in criminal-justice outcomes observed during the active HOPE intervention persist after the term of probation.
description: Administrative data from several sources were collected on HOPE and probation-as-usual (PAU) subjects. These records data were supplemented with in-person surveys with probationers, a probation-officer survey, and interviews with key officials.
description: Dataset 1 contains information on respondents' employment, living situation, familial relationships, probation, and drug use. Dataset 2 contains information on probation officers' experiences and opinions of HOPE. Datasets 3 and 4 contain demographic and criminal charge information.
description: Not applicable.
description: Response Rates: Not available.
description: Presence of Common Scales: None.
description: Datasets: DS0: Study-Level Files DS1: Probationer Survey Data DS2: Probation Officer Survey Data DS3: Prison Data DS4: Charges Data
description: Felony probationers and probation officers in Oahu. Smallest Geographic Unit: None
description: face-to-face interview; paper and pencil interview (PAPI); on-site questionnaire; web-based surveyDatasets 1 and 2 are available only as Excel files; they were not processed via standard curation.
DOI: 10.5683/sp2/5kv8uu
title: Canadian Gallup Poll, March 1963, #301

description: This Gallup poll seeks the opinions of Canadians on predominantly political issues, prior to an election. The questions aim to gather views on political leaders and parties, and Canadians' feelings towards several issues that are of importance to the election. The respondents were also asked questions so that they could be grouped according to geographic, demographic, and social variables. The topics of interest include: Canadian forces having nuclear weapons; car ownership; defence policy; Diefenbaker's performance as Prime Minister; federal elections; frequency of being home during weekdays; major problems facing Canada; Pearson's performance as leader of the opposition; preferred political parties; preferred Prime Minister; union membership; and voting behaviour. Basic demographic variables are also included.
DOI: 10.5683/sp2/zsppov
title: Canadian Gallup Poll, April 1963, #302

description: This Gallup poll aims to collect the opinions of Canadians on issues of a political nature. There are questions about voting patterns and interest, issues of national importance, including defence, the National Anthem and the Canadian Flag, and questions involving Canada and other nations. The respondents were also asked questions so that they could be grouped according to geographic, demographic, and social variables. The topics of interest include: alcohol prohibition; Britain's status as a world power; Canada's dependency on the United States; Canadian national anthem; car ownership; defence policy; preferred designs for the Canadian flag; employment; English-French relations; federal elections; leaving school at the age of 16; strikes; union membership; and voting behaviour. Basic demographics variables are also included.
DOI: 10.5683/sp2/hkelcy
title: Canadian Gallup Poll, June 1963, #303

description: This Gallup poll seeks the opinions and views of Canadians on several leading topics of the day. The major issues discussed are all significant from a political perspective, as the questions often involve problems facing politicians, or are about opinions towards the political leaders and parties directly. The respondents were also asked questions so that they could be grouped according to geographic, demographic, and social variables. The topics of interest include: whether Bingo games should be allowed to raise money in Canada; American investment in Canada; artists developing their talents in Canada; cigarette smoking; dating in highschool; Diefenbaker's performance as leader of the opposition; whether it is easy to get a divorce in Canada; federal elections; free trade with the United States; whether French Canadians are receiving full rights under Confederation; listening to shortwave radio; using government lotteries to help pay for social services; whether to legalize off-track betting; Pearson's performance as Prime Minister; unemployment predictions; union membership; and voting behaviour. Basic demographics variables are also included.
DOI: 10.5683/sp2/bzodgd
title: Canadian Gallup Poll, August 1963, #304

description: This Gallup poll aims to collect the opinons of Canadians on several leading topics of the day, including health related subjects, taxation, and other policies and government activities. Some questions have international significance, and deal with Britain, China, and the United Nations. The respondents were also asked questions so that they could be grouped according to geographic, demographic, and social variables. The topics of interest include: predictions for Britain's next Prime Minister; Communist China in the United Nations; federal elections; higher wages for labour; housing of respondents; John Diefenbaker's chances of returning to power; Lester B. Pearson's performance as Prime Minister; pay raises for Members of Parliament; pay raises for senators; peace with Russia; whether the population of Canada should be larger; preventing the break up of Confederation; rascism; Real Caouette's performance; smoking habits; tax increases; union membership; voting behaviour; and Walter Gordon's performance as Minister of Finance. Basic demographic variables are also included.