Whether Russians Welfare Attitudes Changed? Analysis of the Dynamics and Comparison with Other Countries

Occupation: Senior Researcher
Affiliation:
National Research University Higher School of Economics
Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA)
Address: Russian Federation, Moscow

Journal name

Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya

Edition

Issue 12

Pages

91-103

Abstract

The article presents a comparative analysis of the views of the Russian population on the social policy of the state on the data of the European Social Survey for 2008 and 2016. The results show statistically significant changes in the views on social policy during this period. Social demands of Russians towards the state have slightly decreased in terms of assistance to pensioners, the unemployed and families with children, although they still remain quite high. At the same time, the structure of these welfare attitudes remained unchanged. The Russians' assessment of the standard of living of retirees and the unemployed slightly improved. Nevertheless, among European countries Russia features, as before, – the most negative assessments of the situation of pensioners and the unemployed. Such assessments of their situation are given by poor Russians. In 2016, the link of the assessment of the financial situation of pensioners and the unemployed became more noticeable with demands for increased state responsibility for helping each of these groups. Between the two groups of indicators, a stricter linear relationship is observed with regard to pensioners – the worse the average citizens of countries estimate the standard of living of pensioners, the more they consider its improvement a responsibility of the state. Russians' views on unemployment benefits differ significantly from the population in most European countries.

Keywords

welfare attitudes, demands, pensioners, unemployed, state functions

Acknowledgment

The research has received funding from the Basic Research Program at the National Research University Higher School of Economics.

Received

30.11.2019

Publication date

11.12.2019

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27210

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GOST	Salmina A. Whether Russians' Welfare Attitudes Changed? Analysis of the Dynamics and Comparison with Other Countries // Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya – 2019. – Issue 12 C. 91-103 [Electronic resource]. URL: http://ras.jes.su/socis/s013216250007748-5-1-en (circulation date: 26.04.2024). DOI: 10.31857/S013216250007748-5
MLA	Salmina, Alla A. "Whether Russians' Welfare Attitudes Changed? Analysis of the Dynamics and Comparison with Other Countries." Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya 12 (2019):91-103. DOI: 10.31857/S013216250007748-5
APA	Salmina A. (2019). Whether Russians' Welfare Attitudes Changed? Analysis of the Dynamics and Comparison with Other Countries. Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya (12), pp.91-103 DOI: 10.31857/S013216250007748-5

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