Experience of the COVID-19 pandemic and support for safety-net expansion
研究利用县级疫情严重程度和个人感知风险数据，发现经历疫情冲击更大或感知风险更高的人，在2020年6月更支持长期扩大失业保险和政府医保，且这种态度持续到2021年初。
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 pre-pandemic 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.