- International Journal of Social Inquiry
- Vol: 3 Issue: 1
- The Impact of Social Policy on Social Trust: Decommodification and Stratification According To Espin...
The Impact of Social Policy on Social Trust: Decommodification and Stratification According To Esping-Andersen’s Welfare Regime Typology
Authors : Larysa Tamilina
Pages : 3-28
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Publication Date : 2016-05-30
Article Type : Other
Abstract :The main interest of this research consists of introducing an outcome spectrum in studying the welfare state-trust nexus. The latter can be obtained by decomposing Esping-Andersen’s welfare regime typology and directly evaluating the effects of decommodification and stratification on trust indexes. The expectation is formulated on the premise of the traditional crowding-out hypothesis which assumes that as the welfare state develops, trust levels decline. The hypothesis is checked based on a cross-sectional analysis for a set of 18 OECD countries while using a multi-level modeling as the main research method. The results obtained permit to reject the crowding-out hypothesis and infer that welfare states may enhance trust formation.Keywords : trust, welfare state, decommodification, stratification, crowding-out