Replication Data for: Occupation-Specific Skills, Labor Market Context, and Preferences for Redistribution

Nevertheless, even though social stratification literature understands skill specificity as a key element of social class, there are contradictory views on the role it plays in shaping political preferences. I elaborate a framework that provides an understanding of these contradictions.

I argue that the effects of occupation-specific skills (OSS) on redistribution preferences is moderated by the occupational context, being more negative the tighter the occupational labor market is. I propose two mechanisms related to labor market prospects to explain this relationship: occupational expected wages and risk exposure.Using data from the European Social Survey, the International Social Survey Programme and flexible interactive effects models, I show the relevance of this new approach.