Providing more government assistance does not reduce voters' opposition to globalisation

Both the EU and the United States have dedicated programmes for providing compensation to workers made unemployed by globalisation. But does this funding have any impact on voting behaviour? Drawing on new research, Stephanie Rickard finds that additional assistance for globalisation-displaced workers provided by the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund does not significantly reduce voters’ support for one of Europe’s most prominent anti-globalisation political parties.