Experience of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Support for Safety-Net Expansion

Luca Salvadori, Alex Rees-Jones and Amedeo Piolatto

No 1294, Working Papers from Barcelona School of Economics

Abstract: Did individuals' experiences with the harms of the COVID-19 pandemic influence their attitudes towards safety-net programs? To assess this question, we combine rich information about county-level impacts and individual-level perceptions of the early pandemic, repeated measurements of attitudes towards safety-net expansion, and prepandemic measurements of related political attitudes. Individuals facing higher county-level impact or greater perceived risks are more likely to support long-term expansions to unemployment insurance and government-provided healthcare when surveyed in June 2020. These differences persist across time, with experiences in the early months of the pandemic remaining strongly predictive of attitudes towards safety-net expansion in early 2021.

Keywords: Unemployment Insurance; COVID-19; healthcare; safety net (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H2 H5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021-10
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Journal Article: Experience of the COVID-19 pandemic and support for safety-net expansion (2022)
Working Paper: COVID-19 Changed Tastes for Safety-Net Programs (2020)
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