Can reducing learning costs improve public support for means‐tested benefit programs?
This study investigates how efforts to reduce learning costs of means‐tested public benefit programs impact public support of these programs and perceived deservingness of program beneficiaries. Focusing on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in the United States, a well‐known means...
| Publicado en: | Policy Studies Journal Vol. 53; no. 1; pp. 135 - 158 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Feb2025
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=183867283&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 183867283 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 0190292X PSJ jtl: Policy Studies Journal issn: 0190292X maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: Feb2025 vid: 53 iid: 1 pid: 480 pub: Wiley-Blackwell artinfo: ui: 183867283 10.1111/psj.12578 ppf: 135 ppct: 23 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: C – @attributes: type: P size: 1.3MB tig: atl: Can reducing learning costs improve public support for means‐tested benefit programs? aug: au: Porumbescu, Gregory Walsh, Stephanie Hetling, Andrea affil: Department of Public Administration and Policy, University of Georgia, Athens Georgia,, USA Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University – New Brunswick, New Brunswick New Jersey,, USA su: Public opinion Public support Theory-practice relationship Education research Learning sug: subj: Public opinion Public support Theory-practice relationship Education research Learning Educational Support Services All Other Miscellaneous Schools and Instruction Administration of Education Programs keyword: program awareness safety net SNAP technology Concientización sobre el programa Red de seguridad Tecnología 安全网 技术 补充营养援助计划 计划意识 program awareness safety net SNAP technology Concientización sobre el programa Red de seguridad Tecnología 安全网 技术 补充营养援助计划 计划意识 ab: This study investigates how efforts to reduce learning costs of means‐tested public benefit programs impact public support of these programs and perceived deservingness of program beneficiaries. Focusing on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in the United States, a well‐known means‐tested public benefit program, we integrate research from educational psychology with policy feedback theory, predicting that the structure of information about SNAP's application process and eligibility requirements affects learning costs and public attitudes toward this program and its beneficiaries. Testing these predictions through a preregistered dose–response survey experiment, participants are randomly assigned to control or one of three treatment groups, which incrementally alters the structure of SNAP information participants are exposed to. Our findings demonstrate that enhancing the SNAP information structure lowers learning costs and indirectly improves public support and perceived deservingness of beneficiaries. We discuss implications for theory and practice. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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