Halla, Martin; Lackner, Mario; Schneider, Friedrich - CESifo - 2009
Does the supply of a welfare state create its own demand? Many economic scholars studying welfare arrangements refer to … Say’s law and insinuate a self-destructive welfare state. However, little is known about the empirical validity of these … analyze the impact of the welfare state on the respective social norm, i. e. benefit morale. It turns out that a high level of …