“Welfare Queens” and “Poor Carinas”: Social Constructions, Deservingness Messaging, and the Mental Health of Welfare Clients

• In Event: The Politics of Administrative Burdens: Evidence from Elected Officials, Mass Public and Street-level Bureaucrats

Brief Overview

We exploit a natural experiment in Denmark to evaluate if negative deservingness messaging by politicians affects the mental health of welfare recipients.

Authors

• Martin Baekgaard, Aarhus University

• Pamela Herd, Georgetown University

• Donald Moynihan, Georgetown University