The design of welfare: unraveling taxpayers' preferences

Marion Collewet, Kim Fairley, Roselinde Kessels, Marike Knoef and Olaf Vliet

No 4am7e, OSF Preprints from Center for Open Science

Abstract: We study Dutch taxpayers’ preferences in designing a social welfare system. With help of a choice experiment we ask 2000 respondents to make choices between policy packages, characterized by different levels of income for welfare recipients, of obligations, of sanctions, of earnings and gifts disregards, and of taxes for the average Dutch household. The results show that respondents are in favor of relatively generous benefits and disregards, but also find monitoring and activation very important. Both self-interest and altruism, as well as trust in the government, appear to shape respondents' preferences. Respondents’ preferences line up with their voting behavior.

Date: 2024-03-25
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