Entry:

Papadakis, Elim, and Bean, Clive, "Popular Support for the Welfare State: A Comparison between Institutional Regimes," Journal of Public Policy, 13 (1993), 227-254.


Abstract:

Compared to five other industrialized countries, the U.S. is least in favor of government intervention to improve the living standards of the old, the sick, and the unemployed. America especially lags behind Great Britain is support for government spending on health, education, unemployment, and retirement benefits.

GSS Years:

1985

Other Data Sets:

ISSP 1985

GSS Codebook Variables referenced by document:

Variable Name

Variable Label

 
 
LABORPOW

POWER OF LABOR UNIONS IN RS COUNTRY.

JOBSALL

GOVTS RESP: PROVIDE JOBS FOR ALL.

HLTHCARE

GOVTS RESP: PROVIDE HLTH CARE FOR SICK

AIDOLD

GOVTS RESP: PROVIDE FOR THE ELDERLY.

AIDUNEMP

GOVTS RESP: PROVIDE FOR THE UNEMPLOYED.

SPHLTH

GOVT SPENDING ON HEALTH.

SPSCHOOL

GOVT SPENDING ON EDUCATION.

SPRETIRE

GOVT SPENDING ON RETIREMENT BENEFITS.

SPUNEMP

GOVT SPENDING ON UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS.

UNION

DOES R OR SPOUSE BELONG TO UNION

OCC

RS CENSUS OCCUPATION CODE (1970)

SEX

RESPONDENTS SEX

AGE

AGE OF RESPONDENT

WRKSTAT

LABOR FRCE STATUS

DEGREE

RS HIGHEST DEGREE

CLASS

SUBJECTIVE CLASS IDENTIFICATION

PARTYID

POLITICAL PARTY AFFILIATION

INCOME

TOTAL FAMILY INCOME