Chinese seniors’ attitudes towards government responsibility for social welfare: Self‐interest, collectivism orientation and regional disparities

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 208-216 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kun Yang ◽  
Huamin Peng ◽  
Jia Chen
Keyword(s):  
Social Welfare ◽  
Regional Disparities ◽  
Government Responsibility ◽  
Self Interest ◽  
Chinese Seniors

scholarly journals Attitudes of Turkish and Moroccan Belgians toward Redistribution and Government Responsibility: The Role of Perceived Discrimination, Generation, and Religious Involvement

2019 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 423-446
Author(s):  
Jolien Galle ◽  
Koen Abts ◽  
Marc Swyngedouw ◽  
Bart Meuleman
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Welfare State ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
Political Ideology ◽  
Religious Involvement ◽  
Government Responsibility ◽  
Individual Discrimination ◽  
Self Interest ◽  
Welfare Attitudes

This article contributes to the debate about migration’s impact on welfare state support by investigating the welfare opinions of migrants and their descendants. It examines whether experiences of group and individual discrimination explain the welfare attitudes of this group over and beyond classical predictors of self-interest and political ideology. Using survey data from Belgian citizens of Turkish and Moroccan descent, we show that stronger support for redistribution is associated with higher levels of perceived group discrimination, religious involvement, and belonging to the second generation. Preferences of government responsibility, however, are strongly determined by labor market position and left-right ideology.

Do Finnish young people support the Nordic welfare state?

2015 ◽  
Vol 35 (1/2) ◽  
pp. 47-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Teemu Rantanen ◽  
Thomas Chalmers McLaughlin ◽  
Timo Toikko
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Welfare State ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Individual Responsibility ◽  
Government Responsibility ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Welfare Benefits ◽  
Welfare Attitudes

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine young people’s attitudes toward social welfare and their perceptions of who is responsible for providing social welfare benefits. Design/methodology/approach – Social welfare attitudes were examined related to three themes: government responsibility, trust in society, and individual responsibility. A sample of 725 students from 12 high and vocational schools in south Finland was used for analysis. Findings – The data suggest that young people have a high regard for the importance of the government’s role as a social support and a mechanism of social welfare for all citizens. In addition, the results show that women highlight government responsibility more than men, and that men highlight the individual’s own responsibility for social issues. According to the results, there is a weak relationship between cultural values and social welfare attitudes. Collective values relate positively to an emphasis on trust in government and government responsibility for social problems, and relate negatively to an emphasis on individuals’ personal responsibility. Originality/value – The study shows that the main principles of the welfare state are still accepted by the Finnish youth, although recent speculations about the future of welfare states.

Pareto-Superiority of Corporate Social Responsibility in Unionised Industries

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 131-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luciano Fanti ◽  
Domenico Buccella
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
The Social ◽  
Self Interest ◽  
Social Concerns ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
Profit Maximisation ◽  
Csr Engagement ◽  
Central Level

Economists believe that a firm’s engagement in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is motivated by objectives beyond increasing profits. Using a duopoly framework with convex technology and an industry-wide union-setting wage at the central level, this work shows that, when owners cooperatively select a level of CSR engagement, profits under CSR are higher than under standard profit maximisation; thus, the simple self-interest of firms’ owners leads to the adoption of CSR. Moreover, the union, consumers, and the overall social welfare in the presence of CSR activities are higher than without CSR. As such, the social concerns of firms’ owners yield a Pareto-superior outcome. JEL: J51, L13, M14

Attitudes toward public pensions in Chile, Uruguay, and Venezuela: Testing self-interest and political ideology theories in Latin American countries

2016 ◽  
Vol 61 (2) ◽  
pp. 183-198
Author(s):  
JoEllen Pederson ◽  
K Russell Shekha
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Political Ideology ◽  
Public Pensions ◽  
Government Responsibility ◽  
Pension Systems ◽  
Country Level ◽  
Self Interest ◽  
Modeling Techniques ◽  
Latin American Countries

The historical strength of Latin American public pension systems and the changes many countries are making in the contemporary period warrant understanding attitudes about public pensions in Latin America. Data were examined for three countries: Chile, Uruguay, and Venezuela, to see whether commonly tested welfare state theories explain individual differences in attitudes in these countries. Using basic multilevel modeling techniques, we find both individual- and country-level differences in attitudes toward government responsibility for and spending on public pensions. Understanding what predicts these attitudes in Latin America will help improve approaches to social welfare in this region.

Profit Versus Prejudice

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael N. Stagnaro ◽  
Yarrow Dunham ◽  
David G. Rand
Keyword(s):  
Social Welfare ◽  
Bargaining Power ◽  
Ultimatum Game ◽  
Dictator Game ◽  
Monetary Incentive ◽  
Significant Group ◽  
Self Interest ◽  
Group Members ◽  
Substantial Bias

We examine the possibility that self-interest, typically thought to undermine social welfare, might reduce in-group bias. We compared the dictator game (DG), where participants unilaterally divide money between themselves and a recipient, and the ultimatum game (UG), where the recipient can reject these offers. Unlike the DG, there is a self-interested motive for UG giving: If participants expect the rejection of unfair offers, they have a monetary incentive to be fair even to out-group members. Thus, we predicted substantial bias in the DG but little bias in the UG. We tested this hypothesis in two studies ( N = 3,546) employing a 2 (in-group/out-group, based on abortion position) × 2 (DG/UG) design. We observed the predicted significant group by game interaction, such that the substantial in-group favoritism observed in the DG was almost entirely eliminated in the UG: Giving the recipient bargaining power reduced the premium offered to in-group members by 77.5%.

Social Welfare and Business: The Krupp Welfare Program, 1860–1914

1968 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eugene C. McCreary
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Welfare Program ◽  
Personal Freedom ◽  
Self Interest

Wolf Schneider has written that no other great industrialist of the nineteenth century “esteemed the personal freedom of his workers so little and their material well-being so highly” as did Alfred Krupp. Professor McCreary examines this counterpoint of humanitarianism and self-interest which produced some of Germany's “first steps toward industrial social responsibility.”

scholarly journals SOCIAL WELFARE POLICY PREFERENCES IN LATVIA: EVIDENCE FROM ISSP SURVEYS

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 678-684
Author(s):  
Mareks Niklass
Keyword(s):  
Social Welfare ◽  
Welfare Policy ◽  
Policy Preferences ◽  
Social Welfare Policy ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Government Interventions ◽  
Welfare Policies ◽  
Self Interest ◽  
Over Time

This study seeks to find out how social welfare policy preferences have changed over time and what factors account for those preferences in Latvia. The author analyses ISSP survey data gathered in 1996, 2007 and 2016. The data analysis shows that most Latvians still support government interventions in providing social welfare. However, economic factors like material wellbeing and self-interest have decreased the overall support for social welfare policies during the last 20 years. The article provides a long-term perspective missing in previous studies on social welfare policy preferences in Eastern Europe.

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