When voters favour the social investment welfare state
When voters favour the social investment welfare state
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当选民青睐社会投资福利国家时
DOI：
10.1017/s1468109920000122
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发表时间：
2021
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通讯作者：
and Y. Yanai.
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作者：
Brazzill;M.;H. Magara;and Y. Yanai.
我们调查选民何时支持社会投资。由于经济增长缓慢和财政压力，福利国家改变了其核心政策。社会投资战略，如扩大教育和促进妇女就业，旨在通过鼓励长期和包容性的人力资本形成，将经济从传统的凯恩斯福利国家转变为高生产力经济。社会投资在许多发达经济体的公民中很受欢迎，特别是在欧盟，政府将社会投资作为其福利政策的一部分。然而，在日本，“社会投资”一词很少用于政策讨论。因此，我们问什么水平的选民支持社会投资政策在这样的环境中，选民的特征与社会投资的支持，以及是否选民支持社会投资不同时，放置在更广泛的政策背景。为了回答这些问题，我们进行了一项在线调查和联合实验。我们的数据分析表明，尽管日本人对社会投资的概念不甚熟悉，但社会投资政策在日本人中很受欢迎。我们发现，社会自由主义者和女性受访者比社会权威主义者和男性受访者更有可能支持社会投资。此外，有一些证据表明，高收入选民赞成社会投资政策。此外，选民对社会投资的支持取决于政策背景。当社会投资政策与社会保障支出水平下降相结合时，支持力度就会减弱。我们的研究结果强调了什么样的社会投资政策可以在不损害选举命运的情况下实现。
We investigate when voters favour social investment. Welfare states have transformed their core policies as a result of low economic growth and fiscal pressures. The social investment strategy, such as broader education provision and promotion of women's employment, aims at shifting the economy from the traditional Keynesian welfare state to the high-productivity economy by encouraging long-term and inclusive human capital formation. Social investment is popular among citizens in many developed economies, especially in the EU where governments promote social investment as part of their welfare policy packages. However, in Japan, the term ‘social investment’ is rarely used in policy discussions. Consequently, we ask what levels of voter support social investment policies have in such an environment; which voter characteristics are associated with social investment support; and whether voter support for social investment differs when placed in a broader policy context. To answer these questions, we conducted an online survey with a conjoint experiment. Our data analysis shows that social investment policies are popular among Japanese people, despite a lack of familiarity with the concept of social investment. We find that social libertarians and female respondents are more likely than social authoritarians and male respondents to support social investment. In addition, there is some evidence that higher income voters are favourable to social investment policies. Furthermore, voter support for social investment depends on the policy context. Support becomes weaker when social investment policies are presented in combination with decreasing levels of social security spending. Our results highlight what kinds of social investment policies could be achieved without damaging electoral fortunes.