문화적 특성이 소득불평등에 미치는 영향: 집단과 격자를 중심으로

초록

The goal of this study is to analyze the influences of culture on social welfare(in this study income inequality). Culture as interaction patterns among actors in a society can be seen as diverse aspects of impacts on social welfare; 1) the direct/indirect influences(when it comes to indirect influences, the welfare policy such as cash benefits can play a mediating role between culture and income inequality) and 2) necessary/sufficient conditions on income inequality. Using data from 19 Western countries, this study applies path analysis for the former and necessary/sufficient condition analysis for the latter. First, ‘group’ is the most influential factor to decrease the income inequality, and when group effects are combined with cash benefits policy, the decreases in income inequality become more effective. On the contrary, the direct impacts of ‘grid’ is to increase the income inequality. However, if the grid is mediated through the cash benefits policy, the extent of income inequality could be alleviated. Second, while ‘group’ is a necessary condition to the income inequality in Northern European and European countries, it is a sufficient condition in Southern European and English countries. On the other hand, while ‘grid’ has a necessary relations with income inequality in all the European countries, it is a sufficient condition in English countries.

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