Research on symbolic representation suggests that citizen–state interactions might benefit from public organizations' representativeness. Recent experiments on symbolic gender representation provide contradictory findings regarding the influence on citizens' co‐production intentions. This...

Administrative burdens appear to influence citizens' perceptions of welfare policies and attitudes toward beneficiaries. However, empirical evidence that has disentangled different state actions' effects on policy perceptions is scarce. We applied a 2 × 2 × 2 factorial survey experiment and...

With the increasing availability of life-saving vaccines protecting against the SARS-CoV-2 virus, government agencies worldwide face the challenge of promoting individual vaccine uptake. Encouraging citizens to contribute to the public good “herd immunity” marks an important and urgent...