Financing the welfare state in times of extreme crisis : public support for health care spending during the Covid-19 pandemic in Germany

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Journal of European Public Policy ; 30 (2023), 1. - pp. 21-40. - Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group. - ISSN 1350-1763. - eISSN 1466-4429
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Employing new and original survey data collected in three waves (April/May and November 2020 as well as May 2021) in Germany, this paper studies the dynamics of individual-level support for additional health care spending. A first major finding is that, so far, health care spending preferences have not radically changed during the Covid-19 pandemic, at least at the aggregate level. A more detailed analysis reveals, secondly, that individual-level support for additional spending on health care is strongly conditioned by performance perceptions and, to a lesser extent, general political trust. Citizens who regard the system as badly (well) prepared to cope with the crisis are more likely to support (oppose) additional spending. Higher levels of political trust are also positively associated with spending support, but to a lesser degree. The paper concludes by discussing the implications of these findings for policy-making and welfare state politics in the post-pandemic era.
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Covid-19 pandemic; Germany; health care spending; political trust; welfare state attitudes
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ISO 690BUSEMEYER, Marius R., 2023. Financing the welfare state in times of extreme crisis : public support for health care spending during the Covid-19 pandemic in Germany. In: Journal of European Public Policy. Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group. 30(1), pp. 21-40. ISSN 1350-1763. eISSN 1466-4429. Available under: doi: 10.1080/13501763.2021.1977375
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  doi={10.1080/13501763.2021.1977375},
  title={Financing the welfare state in times of extreme crisis : public support for health care spending during the Covid-19 pandemic in Germany},
  number={1},
  volume={30},
  issn={1350-1763},
  journal={Journal of European Public Policy},
  pages={21--40},
  author={Busemeyer, Marius R.}
}
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