Social and environmental protection: the effects of social insurance generosity on the acceptance of material sacrifices for the sake of environmental protection
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| Title: | Social and environmental protection: the effects of social insurance generosity on the acceptance of material sacrifices for the sake of environmental protection |
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| Authors: | Sjöstrand, Sverker, 1983 |
| Source: | Journal of Social Policy. 54(1):249-269 |
| Subject Terms: | social policy, environmental protection, welfare state, environment, social protection |
| Description: | Studies on climate change mitigation and environmental degradation suggest that lifestyle changes in high-income countries can help promote environmental sustainability. Such changes may include material sacrifices on the part of the individual. Yet, accepting material sacrifices can be a challenging task for both individuals and countries. Can publicly provided economic protection facilitate the acceptance of such sacrifices? This study examines whether social insurance generosity is likely to make people more willing to accept material sacrifices for the sake of environmental protection. Using multilevel regression modelling to analyse data on social insurance programmes and attitudes towards material sacrifices in nineteen high-income countries, the results of the study suggest that social insurance generosity has a positive effect on attitudes towards accepting material sacrifices, with some variation across programmes and social groups. |
| File Description: | electronic |
| Access URL: | https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-523117 https://doi.org/10.1017/S004727942300065X |
| Database: | SwePub |
Nájsť tento článok vo Web of Science | Abstract: | Studies on climate change mitigation and environmental degradation suggest that lifestyle changes in high-income countries can help promote environmental sustainability. Such changes may include material sacrifices on the part of the individual. Yet, accepting material sacrifices can be a challenging task for both individuals and countries. Can publicly provided economic protection facilitate the acceptance of such sacrifices? This study examines whether social insurance generosity is likely to make people more willing to accept material sacrifices for the sake of environmental protection. Using multilevel regression modelling to analyse data on social insurance programmes and attitudes towards material sacrifices in nineteen high-income countries, the results of the study suggest that social insurance generosity has a positive effect on attitudes towards accepting material sacrifices, with some variation across programmes and social groups. |
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| ISSN: | 00472794 14697823 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/S004727942300065X |