COVID-19 Changed Tastes for Safety-Net Programs
Author | : Alex Rees-Jones |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2020 |
ISBN-10 | : OCLC:1198709573 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 ( Downloads) |
Download or read book COVID-19 Changed Tastes for Safety-Net Programs written by Alex Rees-Jones and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In June 2020, we surveyed 2,516 Americans regarding their preferences for both short- and long-term expansions to government-provided healthcare and unemployment insurance programs. We find that support for such programs is positively associated with (a) COVID-19 deaths and infections in the respondent's county, (b) the pandemic-induced change in the unemployment rate in the respondent's county, and (c) survey elicitations of the respondent's perceptions of COVID-19's consequences. These associations persist when controlling for pre-COVID-19 political ideology and demographics. These results suggest that real or perceived exposure to COVID-19's consequences has influenced support for expansions to the U.S. safety-net system.