- What do people want from a welfare system? onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
- Using a conjoint design with UK adults, we show that the most important things people consider are the rate of poverty (lower is better) and the cost (lower is also better)
- They are rather Rawlsian: they give a lot of weight to impact on the worst off (actually, Kolm-Pollak more than Rawls, but it's going that way)
- And of course they prefer lower taxes
- Beyond this, their preferences over institution design (means testing, eligibility and so forth) were pretty weak.Jun 9, 2025 10:38
