This study introduces a novel measure of partisan alignment between firms and employees in the US using data from 1,691,790 campaign contribution filings linked to PAC donations. Analysis reveals that employee political contributions strongly correlate with their employers' party affiliations. Key findings show significant associations between firm-level factors (e.g., industry type) and occupation characteristics with this alignment pattern. The unique dataset enables easy integration with external data sources for industries, firms, and occupations—offering detailed insights into how corporate political influence may shape employee politics.
📊 Data & Methods:
> 1,691,790 campaign contribution records linked to PAC donations between 2003-2016.
| Political Alignment between Firms and Employees in the United States: Evidence from a New Dataset was authored by Jan Stuckatz. It was published by Cambridge in PSR&M in 2022. |
