Welfare Stigma Re-Examined

Tomer Blumkin; Yoram Margalioth; Efraim Sadka

doi:10.1111/jpet.12109

Welfare Stigma Re-Examined

Tomer Blumkin, Yoram Margalioth, Efraim Sadka

Department of Economics

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Abstract

We dissect welfare stigma into two types: traditional and statistical, and show that the latter can be employed as a desirable form of a welfare ordeal, as its costs are positively correlated with ability.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	874-886
Number of pages	13
Journal	Journal of Public Economic Theory
Volume	17
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/jpet.12109
State	Published - 1 Dec 2015

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Sociology and Political Science
Finance
Economics and Econometrics

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