Authors: Delaney, Liam; O'Toole, Francis

Source: Applied Economics Letters, Volume 15, Number 12, October 2008 , pp. 985-989(5)

Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group

Abstract:

Many articles examine general level preferences for redistribution. However, few articles examine preferences for specific forms of redistribution. This article examines the decomposition of demand for three major categories of social welfare expenditure in Ireland: unemployment payments, old age pensions and child benefit. The determinants of preferences are found to be fairly consistent with a self-interested economics perspective with respect to the utilization and financing of these three specific schemes. In addition, the split sampling procedure used in the nationwide survey indicated that the provision of information on the schemes' costs did not have a significant effect on preferences.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13504850600972246

Affiliations: 1: Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland

Publication date: 2008-10-01

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