Austin Horng-En Wang (Political Science) published an article, "Unconditional cash transfer and polarized support," in International Political Science Review. The article examines a unique "unconditional" COVID-19 relief voucher lottery in Taiwan in 2021, in which vouchers were randomly assigned based on the last two digits of citizens’ national identification numbers. Combining lottery outcomes with an original individual-level survey (n = 776), this article shows that voucher receipts increased presidential approval only among respondents aligned with the ruling party.
