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What Happens When People Feel Ownership Over Their Benefits

What Happens When People Feel Ownership Over Their Benefits
2021
Code for America
Author(s): 
Wendy De La Rosa, Eric Giannella, Gwen Rino
What Happens When People Feel Ownership Over Their Benefits
Source Sector(s)
Non-profit
Benefits Program
EITC: Earned Income Tax Credit
CTC: Child Tax Credit
SNAP: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
Level of Government
Federal/National
State/Provincial
County
Location
United States
Format
News
Non-Academic Article

An interview with Wendy De La Rosa, assistant professor at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. De La Rosa discusses how the concept of “psychological ownership” can encourage people to take up benefits they are eligible for.