{"title":"Welfare Stigma and the Take-Up of Consumer Broadband Subsidies","authors":"Hernan Galperin, Heonuk Ha","doi":"10.5325/jinfopoli.14.2024.0009","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"\n Limited participation in broadband subsidy programs is a growing concern among policymakers and a puzzle for researchers. This study examines participation in Lifeline and the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) across US counties. We propose that local attitudes toward welfare represent an important factor in the take-up of broadband subsidies. To test this hypothesis, we model program participation on multiple covariates using two different measurements that approximate local attitudes toward welfare. The findings indicate that program participation is inversely related to anti-welfare attitudes at the county level. We discuss theoretical contributions and implications for program design.","PeriodicalId":1,"journal":{"name":"Accounts of Chemical Research","volume":"59 8","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":16.4000,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Accounts of Chemical Research","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.5325/jinfopoli.14.2024.0009","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Limited participation in broadband subsidy programs is a growing concern among policymakers and a puzzle for researchers. This study examines participation in Lifeline and the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) across US counties. We propose that local attitudes toward welfare represent an important factor in the take-up of broadband subsidies. To test this hypothesis, we model program participation on multiple covariates using two different measurements that approximate local attitudes toward welfare. The findings indicate that program participation is inversely related to anti-welfare attitudes at the county level. We discuss theoretical contributions and implications for program design.
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Accounts of Chemical Research presents short, concise and critical articles offering easy-to-read overviews of basic research and applications in all areas of chemistry and biochemistry. These short reviews focus on research from the author’s own laboratory and are designed to teach the reader about a research project. In addition, Accounts of Chemical Research publishes commentaries that give an informed opinion on a current research problem. Special Issues online are devoted to a single topic of unusual activity and significance.
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