been conducted on how stigma affects social benefits take-up. In this Weekly Report, a controlled laboratory experiment is … stigma) or willing to live off others (free-rider stigma). Hence, they choose to forego a beneficial transfer if it must be … dismantle the stigma and thus increase the welfare take-up rate. …

can exclude other explanations for the observed stigma effect. In the experiment, social stigmatization implies a …

transfer by 30 percentage points. We build a theoretical model that interprets welfare stigma as unfavorable inferences about … to live off others. Contrary to conventional wisdom, stigma may thus also contribute to low take-up if eligibility is not …

low-skilled (ability stigma) and of being willing to live off others (free-rider stigma). Using a placebo treatment, we … exclude other explanations for the observed stigma effects. Although stigma reduces take-up, elicitation of political …

both of being low-skilled (ability stigma) and of being willing to live o f others (free- rider stigma). Using a placebo … treatment, we exclude other explanations for the ob- served stigma effects. Although stigma reduces take-up, elicitation of …

low-skilled (ability stigma) and of being willing to live off others (free-rider stigma). Using a placebo treatment, we … exclude other explanations for the observed stigma effects. Although stigma reduces take-up, elicitation of political …

the tax-payer resentment view welfare stigma suggested by Besley and Coate (1992). We find multiple stable equilibria in … coexistence of welfare fraud and incomplete take-up is unstable in the model of statistical discrimination view welfare stigma …, but it is stable in the model of the tax-payer resentment view welfare stigma. This difference arises from the different …

can exclude other explanations for the observed stigma effect. In the experiment, social stigmatization implies a …