Welfare State Regimes and Subjective Well-Being: A Cross-National Study

Lapinski, John S.; Riemann, Charles R.; Shapiro, Robert Y.; Stevens, Matthew; Jacobs, Lawrence R.

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“…The unemployment situation of primary breadwinners and the concentration of unemployment within a household particularly accentuated this association. Lapinski et al [15] found smaller differences in subjective well-being between employed and unemployed people in social democratic countries than in conservative and liberal countries in the 1980s and 1990s.…”

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Role of employment-related inequalities in young adults’ life satisfaction: A comparative study in five European welfare state regimes

Vancea

Shore

Utzet

2019

Scand J Public Health

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Aims: There is evidence that young people are less satisfied with their lives when they are unemployed or working in precarious conditions. This study aims to shed light on how the life satisfaction of unemployed and precariously employed young people varies across welfare states with different labour market policies and levels of social protection. Methods: The analyses are based on representative cross-sectional survey data from five European countries (Denmark, the UK, Germany, Spain and the Czech Republic), corresponding to five different welfare state regimes. For economically active young adults (N=6681), the prevalence ratios of low life satisfaction were estimated through multivariate logistic regressions. Results: In all five countries, unemployed young adults presented a higher prevalence of low life satisfaction. When we compared employees with people with permanent and temporary contracts, the former were more satisfied with their lives only in Germany and the UK, examples of conservative and liberal welfare regimes, respectively. Experience of unemployment decreased young adults’ life satisfaction only in Germany and the Czech Republic, examples of a conservative and an eastern European welfare regime, respectively. In almost all countries, young adults with low economic self-sufficiency presented a higher prevalence of low life satisfaction. Conclusions: There are nuanced patterns of employment type and life satisfaction across European states that hint at welfare state regimes as possible moderators in this relationship. The results suggest that the psychological burdens of unemployment or work uncertainty cannot be overlooked and should be addressed according to different types of social provisions.

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Role of employment-related inequalities in young adults’ life satisfaction: A comparative study in five European welfare state regimes

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2019

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“…Previous research on the impact of welfare regime variation in life satisfaction is inconclusive and has not supported a substantial effect of welfare regimes (Lapinski et al, 1998).…”

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Which type of job mobility makes people happy? A comparative analysis of European welfare regimes

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Geerdes

Schömann

2012

International Sociology

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In view of changing job mobility patterns in Europe, the impact of job mobility on job satisfaction is gaining importance, yet has received little attention. This article analyses 23 European countries to address two questions: (1) how do different types of job mobility affect job satisfaction, and (2) do welfare state regimes alter the relationship between job mobility and job satisfaction? Theoretically the study integrates economic and sociological approaches to job satisfaction with insights from the psychology of well-being. The findings show that job mobility differentially affects job satisfaction domains. External upward mobility is decisive to enhance satisfaction with objective working conditions and work-life balance, while internal mobility is pivotal for satisfaction with future career prospects. The experience of unemployment lowers all job satisfaction domains even after re-employment. The article's findings on welfare regimes indicate that social policies interact with country differences in workforce composition, such as the overall prevalence of unemployment, to determine job satisfaction.

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“…Variations between welfare state regimes are found when the International Social Survey Program (ISSP) data for 1985 and 1990 are used. Lapinski et al (1998) fi nd a diff erence in attitude between, on the one hand, liberal countries, and on the other hand, conservative and social democratic countries. Individuals living in liberal welfare regimes are less supportive.…”

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“…Individuals who live in social democratic welfare regimes show less support for these types of government intervention compared to individuals living in liberal welfare regimes. When using the 1989 Eurobarometer survey and investigating the question 'which social welfare programs are absolutely necessary to be able to benefi t from social welfare when needed', Lapinski et al (1998) also fi nd that social democratic welfare states did not attract greater support.…”

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Social Security as a Public Interest: A Multidisciplinary Inquiry into the Foundations of the Regulatory Welfare State

Vonk¹

2010

European Journal of Social Security

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Corrà, Plantinga & De Ridder 2009. 'something that might be changed or abolished whenever the administration changes its political hue' but a constitutive element of social citizenship. 31 4. SOCIAL SECURITY AS A FUNDAMENTAL SOCIO ECONOMIC RIGHT; STATE RESPONSIBILITY Every person, as a member of society, has the right to social security (…); so proclaimed article 2 of the Universal Declaration of human rights in 1948. Since then the right has also been adopted in international and regional human rights instruments, such as the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR, art. 9), the European Social Charter (ESC, art. 12), the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights (CFREU, art. 34), as well as in the national constitutions of a growing number of states.

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Welfare State Regimes and Subjective Well-Being: A Cross-National Study

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Role of employment-related inequalities in young adults’ life satisfaction: A comparative study in five European welfare state regimes

Role of employment-related inequalities in young adults’ life satisfaction: A comparative study in five European welfare state regimes

Which type of job mobility makes people happy? A comparative analysis of European welfare regimes

Social Security as a Public Interest: A Multidisciplinary Inquiry into the Foundations of the Regulatory Welfare State

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