How difficult should it be? Evidence of burden tolerance from a nationally representative sample
基于美国全国代表性样本,研究公众对医疗补助和补充营养援助计划中行政负担的容忍度,发现多数人支持工作要求,但反对普遍增加获取福利的难度;保守派、反对社会政策者及高收入者容忍度更高,而有福利经历者容忍度更低。
There is growing attention to how policymakers and bureaucrats think about administrative burdens, but we know less about public tolerance for burdens. We examine public burden tolerance in two major programmes (Medicaid and SNAP) using a representative sample of US residents. We show broad support for work requirements and weaker support for generally making it difficult to access benefits. People with conservative beliefs, greater opposition to social policies, and higher income are more tolerant of burdens in social policies. Those who have personal experience of welfare policies are less tolerant of burdens.