Findings from Uppsala University in the Area of Environmental Protection Described (Social and Environmental Protection: the Effects of Social Insurance Generosity On the Acceptance of Material Sacrifices for the Sake of Environmental Protection): Environment – Environmental Protection

2024 FEB 27 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Ecology Daily News -- Investigators publish new report on Environment - Environmental Protection. According to news reporting originating in Uppsala, Sweden, by NewsRx editors, the research stated, “Studies on climate change mitigation and environmental degradation suggest that lifestyle changes in high-income countries can help promote environmental sustainability. Such changes may include material sacrifices on the part of the individual.”

The news reporters obtained a quote from the research from Uppsala University, “Yet, accepting material sacrifices can be a challenging task for both individuals and countries. Can publicly provided economic protection facilitate the acceptance of such sacrifices? This study examines whether social insurance generosity is likely to make people more willing to accept material sacrifices for the sake of environmental protection.”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “Using multilevel regression modelling to analyse data on social insurance programmes and attitudes towards material sacrifices in nineteen high-income countries, the results of the study suggest that social insurance generosity has a positive effect on attitudes towards accepting material sacrifices, with some variation across programmes and social groups.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Social and Environmental Protection: the Effects of Social Insurance Generosity On the Acceptance of Material Sacrifices for the Sake of Environmental Protection. Journal of Social Policy, 2024:1-21. Journal of Social Policy can be contacted at: Cambridge Univ Press, 32 Avenue Of The Americas, New York, NY 10013-2473, USA. (Cambridge University Press - www.cambridge.org; Journal of Social Policy - http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=JSP)

Our news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Sverker Sjostrand, Uppsala University, Dept. of Government, Uppsala, Sweden.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1017/s004727942300065x. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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