Policy Uptake as Political Behavior: Evidence from the Affordable Care Act
Policy Uptake as Political Behavior: Evidence from the Affordable Care Act
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DOI：
10.1017/s0003055417000272
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发表时间：
2017-11-01
影响因子：
6.8
通讯作者：
Trachtman, Samuel
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作者：
Lerman, Amy E.;Sadin, Meredith L.;Trachtman, Samuel
党派性是对公共政策态度的主要预测因素。然而，我们还不知道政党是否同样在塑造公共政策行为方面发挥作用，例如是否申请政府福利或利用公共服务。虽然现有的研究已经确定了许多增加政策吸收的因素，但政治的作用几乎完全被忽视了。在本文中，我们研究了平价医疗法案的情况下，以评估政策的吸收是否不仅是关于信息和激励措施，但也关于政治。使用纵向数据，我们发现，共和党人不太可能比民主党人通过州或联邦交易所参加保险计划，其他条件相同。采用大规模的实地实验，我们然后表明，不强调政府的作用（和突出市场的作用）可以缩小这种党派差距。
Partisanship is a primary predictor of attitudes toward public policy. However, we do not yet know whether party similarly plays a role in shaping public policy behavior, such as whether to apply for government benefits or take advantage of public services. While existing research has identified numerous factors that increase policy uptake, the role of politics has been almost entirely overlooked. In this paper, we examine the case of the Affordable Care Act to assess whether policy uptake is not only about information and incentives; but also about politics. Using longitudinal data, we find that Republicans have been less likely than Democrats to enroll in an insurance plan through state or federal exchanges, all else equal. Employing a large-scale field experiment, we then show that de-emphasizing the role of government (and highlighting the market's role) can close this partisan gap.