Public Attitudes toward Government Spending

Jacoby, William G.

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“…It has been argued to be a strong predictor of opinions about the welfare state specifically (Feldman and Zaller 1992;Jacoby 1994) and serves as a key input to the deservingness heuristic (Skitka and Tetlock 1993). According to this line of thinking, the ideology of individuals should correlate strongly with perceptions and beliefs that either justify or de-legitimize government involvement in all forms of social protection.…”

Section: Figure 5 Predicted Effect Of Ideology On Perceived Uncontrolmentioning

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The Deservingness Heuristic and the Politics of Health Care

Jensen

Petersen

2016

American J Political Sci

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Section: Figure 5 Predicted Effect Of Ideology On Perceived Uncontrolmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Deservingness Heuristic and the Politics of Health Care

Jensen

Petersen

2016

American J Political Sci

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“…In addition, a number of quantitative analyses find links between minority caseload and welfare expenditures, measured as overall spending and/or monthly cash benefits (Howard 1999 ;Orr 1976;Plotnick and Winters 1985;Wright 1976). Moreover, a great deal of research has examined how attitudes toward racial minorities and stereotypes affect opinions on welfare (Gilens 2000;Jacoby 1994;Johnson, 2003;Nelson 1999;Peffley, Hurwitz, and Schneiderman 1997;Soss, Fording, and Schram 2011). The work of Martin Gilens (2000) is an important starting point in understanding how attitudes toward immigration can be related to attitudes toward welfare, even though his research was not about immigration.…”

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Immigration Attitudes and Support for the Welfare State in the American Mass Public

Garand

Davis

2015

American J Political Sci

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“…A substantial number of studies have asked citizens where they think government should spend its money on. This research tradition is especially established with regard to welfare spending (Shapiro and Young, 1989;Jacoby, 1994;Confalonieri & Newton, 1995). Research on citizens' spending preferences, both in general and in relation to welfare spending is suggesting that attitudes may be influenced by two major factors.…”

Section: Explaining Attitudes To Public Spending and Austerity: Four mentioning

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Savings in public services after the crisis: a multilevel analysis of public preferences in the EU-27

Walle

Jilke

2014

International Review of Administrative Sciences

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Policy responses to the global financial crisis can be divided into pro-and counter-cyclical approaches. The former advocates reducing public spending in times of financial constraints. The latter approach advocates public spending to boost the economy. Using public opinion (N=23,652) data from 27 EU member countries, we empirically test a model for citizen preferences for reducing spending in public services versus government investment in measures to boost the economy as a response to the financial crisis. We look at individual-and country-level determinants of attitudes to savings in public services, and concentrate on four groups of explanations: political disaffection, ideology, self-interest, and macro-economic conditions. It was found that political disaffection, and the respondent's ideological orientation all have effects on preferences, as well as whether one experiences economic strain or receives welfare services. Macro-economic conditions, such as a country's government deficit level, public debt or public expenditure have, surprisingly, no effect on citizens' financial policy preferences. We discuss the implications of our results for public administration theory and practice. Points for practitionersThe article analyses citizens' preferred government reactions to the financial crisis. It distinguishes between reducing public spending and measures to boost the economy. It was found that macro-economic conditions matter very little for these preferences. In fact, explanations for these attitudes and preferences need to be looked for primarily at the individual level, not the country level. Preferences for or against savings in public services are largely influenced by ideological dispositions, age, education, overall levels of political trust, and whether citizens are (potential) beneficiaries of welfare services. The article contributes to understanding why citizens support or oppose pro-or counter-cyclical policy measures to emerge from the crisis.

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Public Attitudes toward Government Spending

Cited by 198 publications

References 17 publications

The Deservingness Heuristic and the Politics of Health Care

The Deservingness Heuristic and the Politics of Health Care

Immigration Attitudes and Support for the Welfare State in the American Mass Public

Savings in public services after the crisis: a multilevel analysis of public preferences in the EU-27

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