The Policy Design Effect: Proximity as a Micro-level Explanation of the Effect of Policy Designs on Social Benefit Attitudes. Hedegaard, T. F. Scandinavian Political Studies, 2014. ![The Policy Design Effect: Proximity as a Micro-level Explanation of the Effect of Policy Designs on Social Benefit Attitudes [link]](https://bibbase.org/img/filetypes/link.svg "link")
Paper doi abstract bibtex Public and individual support for a policy is affected by how it is designed – that is, how eligibility is determined. This results in universal policies being more popular than contributions-based policies, which in turn enjoy more public support than the selective kind. The literature on welfare attitudes have argued that this ‘policy design effect’ can be explained by a combination of self-interest patterns, public perceptions of the recipient group and whether eligibility under the policy is perceived as fair or arbitrary. The explanations, however, lack micro-level theory and testing as to why the design of a policy affects individual and public support. This article seeks to explain this policy design effect by theoretically outlining and testing how being proximate to recipients of a social benefit affects attitudes towards the benefit. A survey of attitudes towards spending on five social benefits in Denmark shows a large impact on attitudes from being proximate to recipients under selective policies, little or no impact from universal policies and a pattern that falls in-between for the contributions-based policy. This article thus provides micro-level evidence for the different impacts on attitudes depending on the design of a policy, and a possible explanation for why the design impacts attitudes differently.
@article{hedegaard_policy_2014,
title = {The {Policy} {Design} {Effect}: {Proximity} as a {Micro}-level {Explanation} of the {Effect} of {Policy} {Designs} on {Social} {Benefit} {Attitudes}},
copyright = {© 2014 Nordic Political Science Association},
issn = {1467-9477},
shorttitle = {The {Policy} {Design} {Effect}},
url = {http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1467-9477.12022/abstract},
doi = {10.1111/1467-9477.12022},
abstract = {Public and individual support for a policy is affected by how it is designed – that is, how eligibility is determined. This results in universal policies being more popular than contributions-based policies, which in turn enjoy more public support than the selective kind. The literature on welfare attitudes have argued that this ‘policy design effect’ can be explained by a combination of self-interest patterns, public perceptions of the recipient group and whether eligibility under the policy is perceived as fair or arbitrary. The explanations, however, lack micro-level theory and testing as to why the design of a policy affects individual and public support. This article seeks to explain this policy design effect by theoretically outlining and testing how being proximate to recipients of a social benefit affects attitudes towards the benefit. A survey of attitudes towards spending on five social benefits in Denmark shows a large impact on attitudes from being proximate to recipients under selective policies, little or no impact from universal policies and a pattern that falls in-between for the contributions-based policy. This article thus provides micro-level evidence for the different impacts on attitudes depending on the design of a policy, and a possible explanation for why the design impacts attitudes differently.},
language = {en},
urldate = {2014-01-12},
journal = {Scandinavian Political Studies},
author = {Hedegaard, Troels Fage},
year = {2014},
pages = {n/a--n/a},
file = {Snapshot:files/48065/abstract\;jsessionid=01C2F2A25808A5024C6E75D372C95526.html:text/html}
}
Downloads: 0
{"_id":"6ifNaZ3WYfEjdAvTg","bibbaseid":"hedegaard-thepolicydesigneffectproximityasamicrolevelexplanationoftheeffectofpolicydesignsonsocialbenefitattitudes-2014","downloads":0,"creationDate":"2016-09-09T06:27:32.825Z","title":"The Policy Design Effect: Proximity as a Micro-level Explanation of the Effect of Policy Designs on Social Benefit Attitudes","author_short":["Hedegaard, T. F."],"year":2014,"bibtype":"article","biburl":"https://www.sfu.ca/~howlett/howlett16.bib","bibdata":{"bibtype":"article","type":"article","title":"The Policy Design Effect: Proximity as a Micro-level Explanation of the Effect of Policy Designs on Social Benefit Attitudes","copyright":"© 2014 Nordic Political Science Association","issn":"1467-9477","shorttitle":"The Policy Design Effect","url":"http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1467-9477.12022/abstract","doi":"10.1111/1467-9477.12022","abstract":"Public and individual support for a policy is affected by how it is designed – that is, how eligibility is determined. This results in universal policies being more popular than contributions-based policies, which in turn enjoy more public support than the selective kind. The literature on welfare attitudes have argued that this ‘policy design effect’ can be explained by a combination of self-interest patterns, public perceptions of the recipient group and whether eligibility under the policy is perceived as fair or arbitrary. The explanations, however, lack micro-level theory and testing as to why the design of a policy affects individual and public support. This article seeks to explain this policy design effect by theoretically outlining and testing how being proximate to recipients of a social benefit affects attitudes towards the benefit. A survey of attitudes towards spending on five social benefits in Denmark shows a large impact on attitudes from being proximate to recipients under selective policies, little or no impact from universal policies and a pattern that falls in-between for the contributions-based policy. This article thus provides micro-level evidence for the different impacts on attitudes depending on the design of a policy, and a possible explanation for why the design impacts attitudes differently.","language":"en","urldate":"2014-01-12","journal":"Scandinavian Political Studies","author":[{"propositions":[],"lastnames":["Hedegaard"],"firstnames":["Troels","Fage"],"suffixes":[]}],"year":"2014","pages":"n/a--n/a","file":"Snapshot:files/48065/abstract jsessionid=01C2F2A25808A5024C6E75D372C95526.html:text/html","bibtex":"@article{hedegaard_policy_2014,\n\ttitle = {The {Policy} {Design} {Effect}: {Proximity} as a {Micro}-level {Explanation} of the {Effect} of {Policy} {Designs} on {Social} {Benefit} {Attitudes}},\n\tcopyright = {© 2014 Nordic Political Science Association},\n\tissn = {1467-9477},\n\tshorttitle = {The {Policy} {Design} {Effect}},\n\turl = {http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1467-9477.12022/abstract},\n\tdoi = {10.1111/1467-9477.12022},\n\tabstract = {Public and individual support for a policy is affected by how it is designed – that is, how eligibility is determined. This results in universal policies being more popular than contributions-based policies, which in turn enjoy more public support than the selective kind. The literature on welfare attitudes have argued that this ‘policy design effect’ can be explained by a combination of self-interest patterns, public perceptions of the recipient group and whether eligibility under the policy is perceived as fair or arbitrary. The explanations, however, lack micro-level theory and testing as to why the design of a policy affects individual and public support. This article seeks to explain this policy design effect by theoretically outlining and testing how being proximate to recipients of a social benefit affects attitudes towards the benefit. A survey of attitudes towards spending on five social benefits in Denmark shows a large impact on attitudes from being proximate to recipients under selective policies, little or no impact from universal policies and a pattern that falls in-between for the contributions-based policy. This article thus provides micro-level evidence for the different impacts on attitudes depending on the design of a policy, and a possible explanation for why the design impacts attitudes differently.},\n\tlanguage = {en},\n\turldate = {2014-01-12},\n\tjournal = {Scandinavian Political Studies},\n\tauthor = {Hedegaard, Troels Fage},\n\tyear = {2014},\n\tpages = {n/a--n/a},\n\tfile = {Snapshot:files/48065/abstract\\;jsessionid=01C2F2A25808A5024C6E75D372C95526.html:text/html}\n}\n\n","author_short":["Hedegaard, T. F."],"key":"hedegaard_policy_2014","id":"hedegaard_policy_2014","bibbaseid":"hedegaard-thepolicydesigneffectproximityasamicrolevelexplanationoftheeffectofpolicydesignsonsocialbenefitattitudes-2014","role":"author","urls":{"Paper":"http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1467-9477.12022/abstract"},"downloads":0},"search_terms":["policy","design","effect","proximity","micro","level","explanation","effect","policy","designs","social","benefit","attitudes","hedegaard"],"keywords":[],"authorIDs":[],"dataSources":["Bn7xRaKMY43f7hFwh"]}