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dc.contributor.authorNeustadt, Iljaen
dc.contributor.authorZweifel, Peteren
dc.date.accessioned2010-08-26-
dc.date.accessioned2010-09-10T11:58:08Z-
dc.date.available2010-09-10T11:58:08Z-
dc.date.issued2010-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/39846-
dc.description.abstractThe sustainability of the welfare state ultimately depends on citizens' preferences for income redistribution. They are elicited through a Discrete Choice Experiment performed in 2008 in Switzerland. Attributes are redistribution as GDP share, its uses (the unemployed, old-age pensioners, people with ill health etc.), and nationality of beneficiary. Estimated marginal willingness to pay (WTP) is positive among those who deem benefits too low, and negative otherwise. However, even those who state that government should reduce income inequality exhibit a negative WTP on average. The major finding is that estimated average WTP is maximum at 21% of GDP, clearly below the current value of 25%. Thus, the present Swiss welfare state does not appear sustainable.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aCenter for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo) |cMunichen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aCESifo Working Paper |x3148en
dc.subject.jelC35en
dc.subject.jelC93en
dc.subject.jelD63en
dc.subject.jelH29en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordincome redistributionen
dc.subject.keywordwelfare stateen
dc.subject.keywordsustainabilityen
dc.subject.keywordpreferencesen
dc.subject.keywordwillingness to payen
dc.subject.keyworddiscrete choice experimentsen
dc.subject.stwSozialstaaten
dc.subject.stwEinkommensumverteilungen
dc.subject.stwStaatsquoteen
dc.subject.stwWillingness to payen
dc.subject.stwDiskrete Entscheidungen
dc.subject.stwTesten
dc.subject.stwSchweizen
dc.titleIs the welfare state sustainable? Experimental evidence on citizens' preferences for redistribution-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn634005464en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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