Sweden: In Sweden, husbands have nine months of fully paid maternity leave, and social welfare expenditures account for 38.2% of GDP. Sweden passed the Poor Law in 1847 to provide assistance to low-income families.
Sweden regards welfare as the basic human rights of citizens and has made a legal commitment. When the social welfare that citizens should enjoy cannot be realized or is violated, they can appeal to the local public insurance court or the higher public insurance court.
In Sweden, when a wife gives birth to a baby, her husband also takes nine months of fully paid "maternity leave."
Before the child reaches the age of 16, parents can receive a living allowance; after the child reaches the age of 16, young people who have completed nine years of compulsory education will receive an education allowance if they continue to study in college. In this way, college is almost free.
To see a doctor in Sweden, an individual only pays a registration fee of 60 Swedish krona (1 Swedish krona is about 1 yuan), and all other expenses are paid by the government.
Swedish unemployment insurance is divided into two parts, namely basic unemployment insurance and voluntary unemployment insurance.
All unemployed persons over the age of 20 can receive a basic unemployment insurance benefit of SEK 320 per day.
In addition, voluntary unemployment insurance employees participate in 36 unemployment funds across the country. If they are unemployed, they can receive 80% of the average salary of the past 12 months in the first 200 days, and from the 201st to the 300th day (for those under 18 years old)
(450 days for children) is reduced to 70%, and beyond this period, work development insurance will pay.
In 2006, 90% of workers across the country joined the unemployment fund, 553,000 people received assistance from the unemployment fund, and each person received an average of 54,069 Swedish kronor.
The unemployment fund is mainly funded by the government, with membership fees accounting for only 9.4% of the fund.