2026

Climate Policy under Economic Uncertainty: Confidence in the Welfare State and Support for Carbon Taxation

Jaewook Lee, Marcello Natili

Journal of Public Policy 2026 Forthcoming

This study shows how confidence in the welfare state shapes support for carbon taxation under economic uncertainty. Using survey data from seven European countries, it finds that social policy satisfaction helps build support for climate policy.

Climate Policy under Economic Uncertainty: Confidence in the Welfare State and Support for Carbon Taxation

Jaewook Lee, Marcello Natili

Journal of Public Policy 2026 Forthcoming

This study shows how confidence in the welfare state shapes support for carbon taxation under economic uncertainty. Using survey data from seven European countries, it finds that social policy satisfaction helps build support for climate policy.

2025

Pushed by Markets, Pulled by Machines: Economic Pressures and Backlash to the EU

Jaewook Lee

European Union Politics Vol. 27, No. 1

This study shows how automation and globalization jointly fuel Euroskepticism. Using European Social Survey data, it finds that routine-task workers in export-exposed sectors are especially prone to oppose the EU when they perceive society as unfair and favor redistribution.

Pushed by Markets, Pulled by Machines: Economic Pressures and Backlash to the EU

Jaewook Lee

European Union Politics Vol. 27, No. 1

This study shows how automation and globalization jointly fuel Euroskepticism. Using European Social Survey data, it finds that routine-task workers in export-exposed sectors are especially prone to oppose the EU when they perceive society as unfair and favor redistribution.

Mapping Energy Poverty Policies Across the EU: Pathways Towards Eco-social Integration?

Matteo Mandelli, Jaewook Lee

SciencesPo LIEPP Working Paper 2025 Working Paper No. 176

This paper maps how EU member states address energy poverty through social and environmental policies. It highlights emerging pathways toward eco-social integration in tackling the climate–inequality nexus.

Mapping Energy Poverty Policies Across the EU: Pathways Towards Eco-social Integration?

Matteo Mandelli, Jaewook Lee

SciencesPo LIEPP Working Paper 2025 Working Paper No. 176

This paper maps how EU member states address energy poverty through social and environmental policies. It highlights emerging pathways toward eco-social integration in tackling the climate–inequality nexus.

2024

Economic Insecurity and the Rise of Anti-Immigrant Sentiments: The Role of Labor Market Risks and Welfare Deservingness Perception

Jaewook Lee

Political Studies Review 2024 Shortlisted — PSR Best Paper 2023

I show how labor-market risks shape anti-immigrant attitudes through perceived welfare deservingness. Using cross-national evidence, the article links economic insecurity to support for exclusionary social policy.

Economic Insecurity and the Rise of Anti-Immigrant Sentiments: The Role of Labor Market Risks and Welfare Deservingness Perception

Jaewook Lee

Political Studies Review 2024 Shortlisted — PSR Best Paper 2023

I show how labor-market risks shape anti-immigrant attitudes through perceived welfare deservingness. Using cross-national evidence, the article links economic insecurity to support for exclusionary social policy.

Luddite or Technophile? – Policy Preferences for Governing Technology-driven Economic Change

Jaewook Lee

Socio-Economic Review 2024 Best Paper Award – APSA Class & Inequality Section (2023)

This article examines how automation risk and welfare institutions jointly shape public preferences for regulating technology-driven economic change. Using survey experiments in the UK and Sweden, it demonstrates that stronger social protection mitigates fears of automation and sustains support for innovation.

Luddite or Technophile? – Policy Preferences for Governing Technology-driven Economic Change

Jaewook Lee

Socio-Economic Review 2024 Best Paper Award – APSA Class & Inequality Section (2023)

This article examines how automation risk and welfare institutions jointly shape public preferences for regulating technology-driven economic change. Using survey experiments in the UK and Sweden, it demonstrates that stronger social protection mitigates fears of automation and sustains support for innovation.

2016

Addressing the 'Welfare without Work' Syndrome with Labor: Political Dynamics of Unemployment Benefit Reforms in Belgium and Denmark

Jaewook Lee

Social Science Review 2016 Vol. 47, No. 1

This study compares unemployment benefit reforms in Belgium and Denmark, showing how political coalitions reconciled welfare generosity with labor-market activation to overcome the “welfare without work” dilemma.

Addressing the 'Welfare without Work' Syndrome with Labor: Political Dynamics of Unemployment Benefit Reforms in Belgium and Denmark

Jaewook Lee

Social Science Review 2016 Vol. 47, No. 1

This study compares unemployment benefit reforms in Belgium and Denmark, showing how political coalitions reconciled welfare generosity with labor-market activation to overcome the “welfare without work” dilemma.