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
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GSS Codebook Variables referenced by document: |
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Variable Name |
Variable Label |
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| 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 |