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How people perceive the Welfare State: a real-effort experiment

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  • Stefania Ottone
  • Ferruccio Ponzano

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The main activity of a welfare state is to impose taxes in order to collect money to provide services. In this paper we want to test subjects' perception of these two steps in the lab. In particular, using a real effort experiment as a tool, we aim at measuring both the labour supply and the consensus as the level of taxation and the efficiency of the welfare state vary.
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  • Stefania Ottone & Ferruccio Ponzano, 2011. "How people perceive the Welfare State: a real-effort experiment," International Review of Economics, Springer;Happiness Economics and Interpersonal Relations (HEIRS), vol. 58(2), pages 165-183, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:inrvec:v:58:y:2011:i:2:p:165-183
    DOI: 10.1007/s12232-011-0123-z
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    Keywords

    Welfare State; Taxation; Efficiency; Labor supply; Real-effort experiment; D31; H23; H53;
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    JEL classification:

    • D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution
    • H23 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Externalities; Redistributive Effects; Environmental Taxes and Subsidies
    • H53 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Government Expenditures and Welfare Programs

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