September 10, 2025

The Welfare Consequences of Political Rivalry in a Polarized Era

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Experiment investigates political biases affecting perceptions of welfare deservingness, highlighting societal risks.

Political biases significantly influence welfare deservingness perceptions in a polarized environment, impacting societal dynamics.
Out-group welfare recipients are perceived as less deserving compared to in-group counterparts, emphasizing bias effects.
Higher motivation rewards are given to recipients without political cues than to motivated in-group or out-group members.
The research uses the Israeli judicial reform crisis as a case study to highlight the implications of political rivalry.

Bitton et al. (2025) studied this question.

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