Andrea Louise Campbell
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About Andrea
Campbell’s research focuses on public opinion; political participation; and public policy; with a particular interest in social policy and political inequality. Current projects include an examination of Americans’ attitudes toward taxes over time; and a study of the impact of the Great Recession on the fifty states that asks why some states faced greater fiscal crises than others and how policy choices varied. Campbell speaks to community groups; writes for think tanks; and was a member of the National Academy of Sciences commission on the Fiscal Future of the United States
Contributions
America's Low Taxes in Comparative Perspective
Using the Private Sector to Deliver Public Benefits
How Social Security Encourages Older Americans to be Active Citizens
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Publications
Argues that the payroll tax has been fiscally successful and unusually popular, but once criticized by policymakers on both the right and left, it has become less credible as a means for broadly funding the nation’s long-term social programs or meeting new demands for social protections.