The determinants of the attitude toward public policies to support unemployed middle-aged and elderly persons : An attributional approach

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  • KARASAWA Kaori
    Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, The University of Tokyo
  • OHTAKA Mizuka
    Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, The University of Tokyo
  • TAKEUCHI Masumi
    Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, The University of Tokyo

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  • 中高齢者の失業に対する政策への態度規定要因 : 原因帰属の観点からのアプローチ
  • チュウ コウレイシャ ノ シツギョウ ニ タイスル セイサク エ ノ タイド キテイ ヨウイン ゲンイン キゾク ノ カンテン カラ ノ アプローチ

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This study examined the determinants of the attitude toward public policy to support the unemployed elderly and middle-aged persons from the attributional perspective. A structural equation analysis of the survey data from 864 citizens revealed results mostly in accord with the attributional studies of support provision. That is, a negative impression of unemployed persons and a conservative political attitude led to the attribution of unemployment to personal causes, although the effect of the political attitude was weak. Moreover, the attribution to personal causes increased anger toward the unemployed persons, whereas the attribution to societal causes increased sympathy and approval for public policy to support those unemployed. The discussion also considered the role of anger in the attributional model of support provision and the structure of the causal perception of unemployment.

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