Is the Welfare State Bad for Citizens’ Moral Character? Beliefs and Evidence
Conservative thinkers have long warned that the welfare state may weaken society’s moral fiber. But this claim has not been empirically examined. The authors link publicly available data on the sizes of welfare states with behavioral data from a recent study in which thousands of lost wallets were d...
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Main Authors: | Kimmo Eriksson, Brent Simpson |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2025-02-01
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Series: | Socius |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/23780231251315788 |
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