Previous research into public support for welfare solidarity often refers to the importance of ‘reciprocity’, which means that generous social benefits are supported if they are matched by credible commitments to contribute by those who can. The current article adds to this body of literature by providing novel empirical evidence on the roles of generosity and conditionality in support for European unemployment insurance programmes. Drawing on a conjoint survey experiment in 13 European countries, we show that Europeans may be motivated by an ethos of reciprocity, since policy proposals that are both generous and conditional are the most popular among the general population. However, conditional generosity seems to have much more traction among those who consider the unemployed as undeserving, suggesting that EU-level policies may succeed in overcoming the diffidence of welfare sceptics if reciprocity is ensured in the architecture of the policy design.

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公共支持欧洲失业风险分担的有条件慷慨和应得*

先前关于公共支持福利团结的研究经常提到“互惠”的重要性，这意味着如果有能力的人做出贡献的可信承诺，慷慨的社会福利就会得到支持。目前的文章通过提供新的经验证据来证明慷慨和条件在支持欧洲失业保险计划中的作用，从而增加了这方面的文献。通过在 13 个欧洲国家进行的一项联合调查实验，我们表明欧洲人可能受到互惠精神的驱使，因为慷慨和有条件的政策建议在普通民众中最受欢迎。然而，有条件的慷慨似乎在那些认为失业者不值得的人中具有更大的吸引力，