Purpose

This paper takes an ideal type of different welfare regimes as a starting point. It investigates with survey data people's experiences and expectations towards the welfare state and its functioning against various social risks. The paper discusses questions like, are there differences in perceptions between welfare regimes? And what is the role of the welfare state regime in explaining those differences?

Design/methodology/approach

This research article is based on OECD survey data and classical welfare state classifications. The analysis of welfare regimes provides both a theoretical and methodological structure for study. The study-applied analysis of variance (one-way ANOVA) to test a hypothesis that regimes matter analyses more nuanced aspects of current and prospects to the near future welfare state provision.

Findings

This examination suggests that welfare regimes still matter even though the differences in averages were not as immense as expected. Perceptions in different welfare regimes also have priorities related to the willingness to pay more taxes in order to receive better access to services and financial support if needed. In Nordic countries, the acute priority based on survey data is investment in education and re-training. In Continental Europe, more financial support is needed for pensions. Overall, respondents representing emerging Eastern European and Mediterranean welfare regimes think that welfare provision should be financed more compared to other welfare regime respondents. Health is a universal and unifying issue, particularly in ageing welfare states, and brings health as a traditional and central question again.

Originality/value

Respondents' perceptions work as people's voice and assessments are used to gain a contemporary understanding of welfare and about welfare state functioning.

中文翻译：

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福利制度重要吗？当代社会对福利的看法

目的

本文以不同福利制度的理想类型为出发点。它通过调查数据来调查人们对福利国家的体验和期望及其抵御各种社会风险的功能。本文讨论了这样的问题：福利制度之间的看法是否存在差异？福利国家制度在解释这些差异方面发挥了什么作用？

设计/方法论/途径

本研究文章基于经合组织的调查数据和经典福利国家分类。对福利制度的分析为研究提供了理论和方法结构。该研究应用方差分析（单向方差分析）来检验“制度很重要”的假设，分析了当前和近期福利国家规定的前景的更微妙的方面。

发现

这项研究表明，尽管平均差异并不像预期的那么大，福利制度仍然很重要。不同福利制度的看法也有与缴纳更多税款的意愿相关的优先事项，以便在需要时获得更好的服务和财政支持。在北欧国家，基于调查数据的当务之急是对教育和再培训的投资。在欧洲大陆，养老金需要更多的财政支持。总体而言，代表新兴东欧和地中海福利制度的受访者认为，与其他福利制度受访者相比，应该为福利提供更多资金。健康是一个普遍且统一的问题，特别是在老龄化福利国家，这使健康再次成为一个传统的核心问题。

原创性/价值

受访者的看法就像人们的声音和评估一样，被用来获得对福利和福利国家运作的当代理解。