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Does Diversity Undermine the Welfare State? Evidence from the Provision of Local Public Services in European Regions
Kyklos ( IF 1.796 ) Pub Date : 2019-12-19 , DOI: 10.1111/kykl.12217
Andrea Filippetti 1
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The management of the welfare state in a heterogeneous society is a growing challenge in Europe. This paper investigates the relationship between diversity and the welfare state by studying the citizens’ satisfaction about public services across European regions; it also establishes a link between research on diversity and the welfare state, and fiscal federalism theory, by focusing on the provision of local public services. We employ region level indicators of the citizens’ perception of local public services, regional autonomy, and regional diversity based on nationalities. We find that i) diversity is negatively correlated with the quality of local public services; and ii) regional autonomy partially improves the quality in the presence of diversity. When using objective measures of public services, the results are less robust; this raises an issue about the citizens’ perception about the functioning of the welfare state in heterogeneous communities which deserves attention from policy makers.

中文翻译:

多样性会破坏福利国家吗?来自欧洲地区提供地方公共服务的证据

在异质社会中管理福利国家是欧洲日益严峻的挑战。本文通过研究欧洲地区公民对公共服务的满意度,探讨多样性与福利国家之间的关系;它还通过关注地方公共服务的提供,在多样性和福利国家研究与财政联邦主义理论之间建立了联系。我们采用区域级指标来衡量公民对地方公共服务、区域自治和基于民族的区域多样性的看法。我们发现 i) 多样性与当地公共服务的质量呈负相关;ii) 区域自治在存在多样性的情况下部分提高了质量。当使用客观的公共服务措施时,结果不太可靠;
更新日期:2019-12-19
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