Tamilina, Larysa2020-01-252020-01-252010Tamilina, L. (2010). "The impact of social policy on social trust: Decommodification and stratification according to Esping-Andersen’s welfare regime typology". International Journal of Social Inquiry, 3(1), 3-28.1307-83641307-9999https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/164126http://hdl.handle.net/11452/7016The main interest of this research consists of introducing an outcome spectrum in studying the welfare state-trust nexus. The latter can be obtained by decomposing Esping-Andersen’s welfare regime typology and directly evaluating the effects of decommodification and stratification on trust indexes. The expectation is formulated on the premise of the traditional crowding-out hypothesis which assumes that as the welfare state develops, trust levels decline. The hypothesis is checked based on a cross-sectional analysis for a set of 18 OECD countries while using a multi-level modeling as the main research method. The results obtained permit to reject the crowding-out hypothesis and infer that welfare states may enhance trust formation.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessTrustWelfare stateDecommodificationStratificationCrowding-outArticle32831