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Social Norms and Welfare State Dynamics

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Lindbeck, Assar () (The Research Institute of Industrial Economics)
Nyberg, Sten () (Stockholm University)
Weibull, Jörgen W. () (Boston University)

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The paper analyses the interaction between economic incentives and work norms in the context of social insurance. If the work norm is endogenous in the sense that it is weaker when the population share of beneficiaries is higher, then voters will choose less generous benefits than otherwise. We also discuss welfare-state dynamics when there is a time lag in the adjustment of the norm in response to changes in this population share, and show how a temporary shift in the unemployment rate may cause persistence in the number of beneficiaries.

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Paper provided by Research Institute of Industrial Economics in its series Working Paper Series with number 585.

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Length: 14 pages
Date of creation: 15 Nov 2002
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Publication status: Published in Journal of the European Economic Association 1, Papers and Proceedings, 2003, pages 533-542.
Handle: RePEc:hhs:iuiwop:0585

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Keywords: Welfare State; Social Norms; Social Insurance;

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D19 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Other
D64 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Altruism
H31 - Public Economics - - Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents - - - Household
Z13 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Social Norms and Social Capital; Social Networks Economic Anthropology

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  1. Michihiro Kandori, 2002. "The Erosion and Sustainability of Norms and Morale," Levine's Bibliography 506439000000000030, UCLA Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
  2. Michihiro Kandori, 2002. "The Erosion and Sustainability of Norms and Morale," CIRJE F-Series CIRJE-F-169, CIRJE, Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo. [Downloadable!]
  3. Besley, Timothy & Coate, Stephen, 1992. "Understanding welfare stigma: Taxpayer resentment and statistical discrimination," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 48(2), pages 165-183, July. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  4. Samuel Bowles & Herbert Gintis, 2000. "Reciprocity, Self-Interest and the Welfare State," Nordic Journal of Political Economy, Nordic Journal of Political Economy, vol. 26, pages 33-53. [Downloadable!]
  5. Lindbeck, A. & Nyberg, S., 2001. "Raising Children to Work Hard: Altruism, Work Norms and Social Insurance," Research Institute of Industrial Economics Working Papers 557, Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).
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  1. Halla, Martin & Lackner, Mario & Schneider, Friedrich, 2009. "An Empirical Analysis of the Dynamics of the Welfare State: The Case of Benefit Morale," IZA Discussion Papers 4165, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). [Downloadable!]
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  5. Torben Andersen, 2008. "The Scandinavian model—prospects and challenges," International Tax and Public Finance, Springer, vol. 15(1), pages 45-66, February. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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