We present first estimates of rates of non-take-up for social assistance in Germany after the implementation of major social policy reforms in 2005. The analysis is based on a microsimulation model, which includes a detailed description of the German social assistance programme. Our findings suggest a moderate decrease in non-takeup compared to estimates before the reform. In order to identify the determinants of claiming social assistance, we estimate a model of take-up behaviour which considers potential endogeneity of the benefit level. The estimations reveal that the degree of needs, measured as the social assistance benefit level a household is eligible for, and the expected duration of eligibility are the key determinants of the take-up decision, while costs of claiming seem to play a minor role.
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%1 KersANe
%A Bruckmeier, Kerstin
%A Wiemers, Jürgen
%D 2011
%K armut deutschland dunkelziffer nichtinanspruchnahme
%T A New Targeting - A New Take-Up?: Non-take-up of Social Assistance in Germany after Social Policy Reforms
%U http://www.diw.de/documents/publikationen/73/diw_01.c.356279.de/diw_sp0294.pdf
%X We present first estimates of rates of non-take-up for social assistance in Germany after the implementation of major social policy reforms in 2005. The analysis is based on a microsimulation model, which includes a detailed description of the German social assistance programme. Our findings suggest a moderate decrease in non-takeup compared to estimates before the reform. In order to identify the determinants of claiming social assistance, we estimate a model of take-up behaviour which considers potential endogeneity of the benefit level. The estimations reveal that the degree of needs, measured as the social assistance benefit level a household is eligible for, and the expected duration of eligibility are the key determinants of the take-up decision, while costs of claiming seem to play a minor role.
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abstract = {We present first estimates of rates of non-take-up for social assistance in Germany after the implementation of major social policy reforms in 2005. The analysis is based on a microsimulation model, which includes a detailed description of the German social assistance programme. Our findings suggest a moderate decrease in non-takeup compared to estimates before the reform. In order to identify the determinants of claiming social assistance, we estimate a model of take-up behaviour which considers potential endogeneity of the benefit level. The estimations reveal that the degree of needs, measured as the social assistance benefit level a household is eligible for, and the expected duration of eligibility are the key determinants of the take-up decision, while costs of claiming seem to play a minor role.},
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author = {Bruckmeier, Kerstin and Wiemers, Jürgen},
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timestamp = {2014-03-17T15:46:08.000+0100},
title = {A New Targeting - A New Take-Up?: Non-take-up of Social Assistance in Germany after Social Policy Reforms},
url = {http://www.diw.de/documents/publikationen/73/diw_01.c.356279.de/diw_sp0294.pdf},
year = 2011
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