Journal of Northeastern University(Social Science) ›› 2019, Vol. 21 ›› Issue (5): 505-511.DOI: 10.15936/j.cnki.1008-3758.2019.05.009

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A Consideration of Social Stability Risks in Welfare Supply ——A Research Based on Funding Levels of Citizens' Health Insurance

GUO Feng-lin1, YAN Jie2   

  1. (1. School of International Relations and Diplomacy, Beijing Foreign Studies University, Beijing 100089, China; 2. School of Government, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China)
  • Received:2019-03-07 Revised:2019-03-07 Online:2019-09-25 Published:2019-09-25
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Abstract: Traditional research on the supply level of local public goods focuses on the investigation of local government supply capacity rather than the supply willingness. But in welfare products, maintaining social stability is viewed as an important goal of government supply. Using national surveys, the paper examined the impact of social stability risks on local citizens' health insurance funding level. It is found that the level of regional social stability risk has a significant positive impact on the level of medical insurance funding, showing that local governments absorb social stability risks in welfare supply. However, this kind of absorption mainly comes from the demands expressed by the political participation in the system. The demands of socialization and the channels outside the system are insufficiently concerned, and the degree of absorption of socialization and participation outside the system needs to be improved.

Key words: citizens' health insurance, funding level, social stability risks, political participation

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