ABSTRACT While existing studies on redistribution politics provide explanations of ‘who’ supports redistribution, we know very little about who supports ‘what’ type of redistribution. This omission is unfortunate because government spending has diverse functions and impacts, which are not differentiated in existing research. By capturing individual preferences for specific types of government policy under conditions of unemployment, we assess how economic insecurity influences calls for government action. Building on the analytic distinction between social consumption and social investment, this study examined the role of unemployment in social policy preferences. First, the experience of unemployment drives individual demand for social consumption but reduces support for social investment. Second, income levels have a heterogeneous effect on social policy preferences. In other words, a high income level is positively associated with support for social investment but negatively associated with support for social consumption. Third, the income effect is conditional on the experience of job loss, with the effect more pronounced in lower income groups than in higher income groups. An analysis of European Social Survey (ESS) Wave 8 (2016) data found empirical evidence supporting arguments about the impact of economic insecurity on individual preferences for a particular type of social expenditure.

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就业不安全和社会政策：相对于消费的投资偏好

摘要虽然有关再分配政治的现有研究提供了“谁”支持再分配的解释，但我们对谁支持“什么”类型的再分配知之甚少。遗漏是不幸的，因为政府支出具有多种功能和影响，在现有研究中没有区别。通过在失业情况下获得针对特定类型政府政策的个人偏好，我们评估了经济不安全因素如何影响政府采取行动。基于社会消费与社会投资之间的分析差异，本研究考察了失业在社会政策偏好中的作用。首先，失业经历推动了个人对社会消费的需求，但减少了对社会投资的支持。第二，收入水平对社会政策偏好有不同的影响。换句话说，高收入水平与对社会投资的支持呈正相关，而与社会消费的支持则呈负相关。第三，收入效应取决于失业的经历，与低收入群体相比，低收入群体的影响更为明显。对欧洲社会调查（ESS）第八轮（2016）数据的分析发现，经验证据支持有关经济不安全对特定类型社会支出个人偏好的影响的论点。与低收入人群相比，低收入人群的影响更为明显。对欧洲社会调查（ESS）第八轮（2016）数据的分析发现，经验证据支持有关经济不安全对特定类型社会支出个人偏好的影响的论点。与低收入人群相比，低收入人群的影响更为明显。对欧洲社会调查（ESS）第八轮（2016）数据的分析发现，经验证据支持有关经济不安全对特定类型社会支出个人偏好的影响的论点。