The Multidimensionality of Welfare Attitudes. The Ideological Determinants of Attitudes towards Activation Policies for Unemployed and Perceived Levels of Deservingness.

• In Event: European Welfare States and Redistribution

Brief Overview

What does attitudes towards activation and perceived deservingness influence? Using a survey experiment from ESS R8 we show that attitudes towards activation are driven by left-right positions, deservingness by having open/closed personalities.

Authors

• Peter Grand, Institute for Advanced Studies Vienna

• Guido Tiemann, Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna