The Economic journal (London), 2011-11, Vol.121 (556), p.F413-F448
2011
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- Autor(en) / Beteiligte
- Titel
- The Demand for Social Insurance: Does Culture Matter?
- Ist Teil von
- The Economic journal (London), 2011-11, Vol.121 (556), p.F413-F448
- Ort / Verlag
- Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
- Erscheinungsjahr
- 2011
- Quelle
- Wiley-Blackwell Journals
- Beschreibungen/Notizen
- Does culture shape the demand for social insurance against risks to health and work? We study this issue across language groups in Switzerland where a language border sharply separates social groups at identical actual levels of publicly provided social insurance. We find substantially stronger support for expansions of social insurance among residents of French, Italian or Romansh-speaking language border municipalities compared with their German-speaking neighbours in adjacent municipalities. Informal insurance does not vary enough to explain stark differences in social insurance but differences in ideology and segmented media markets potentially contribute to the discrepancy in demand for social insurance.
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Identifikatoren
- ISSN: 0013-0133eISSN: 1468-0297DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2011.02479.xTitel-ID: cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1015465308
- Format
- –
- Schlagworte
- Border towns, Cantons, Communities, Comparative analysis, Culture, Demand, Demand analysis, Economics of culture, Ethnic groups, FEATURE: ENDOGENOUS PREFERENCES, Financing methods, Health insurance, Market segments, Referendums, Retirement age, Social influence, Social insurance, Social policy, Social security, Social security financing, Social security funds, Studies, Switzerland, Unemployment insurance, Voting, Welfare policy, Welfare state