In recent decades, studies in various countries have found that social capital, such as social trust and civic participation, improves health. However, some studies have suggested that the influence of social capital on health may vary depending on welfare provisions because social policies may alter how social capital works. Therefore, this study adopts the crowding-out and the crowding-in perspectives to conduct an international comparative analysis to investigate whether welfare provisions affect the impacts of cognitive and structural social capital on self-rated health. This analysis uses the pooled data from the World Values Survey and cross-classified full models to examine the cross-level interaction effects of public social expenditures (PSE) and two types of social capital, specifically, social trust and civic participation, on self-rated health. The results of this study indicated that the cross-level interaction effects of PSE and the two types of social capital on self-rated health were positive and significant. These results suggested that welfare provisions may enhance the effect of social capital on health.

在最近的几十年中，各个国家的研究发现，社会资本，例如社会信任和公民参与，可以改善健康状况。但是，一些研究表明，社会资本对健康的影响可能会根据福利条款而有所不同，因为社会政策可能会改变社会资本的运作方式。因此，本研究采用挤出和挤出的观点进行国际比较分析，以调查福利条款是否影响认知和结构性社会资本对自我评价健康的影响。此分析使用了来自世界价值调查的汇总数据和交叉分类的完整模型，以检验公共社会支出（PSE）和两种类型的社会资本（特别是社会信任和公民参与）的跨层次互动影响，自我评价的健康。这项研究的结果表明，PSE和这两种类型的社会资本对自评健康的跨层次互动影响是积极而显着的。这些结果表明，福利规定可能会增强社会资本对健康的影响。