It is well known that the take-up rate of the Dutch housing benefit and othermeans tested benefits is substantially below 100%. In order to measure non-take up oneusually has to simulate entitlement to the benefits. In this paper we take a closer look atthe quality of the simulation. We find...

Introduction / Tony Crook and Peter A. Kemp -- Germany / Peter A. Kemp and Stefan Kofner -- The Netherlands / Marietta E.A. Haffner -- Spain / Montserrat Pareja-Eastaway and María Teresa Sánchez-Martínez -- Denmark / Hans Skifter Andersen -- Norway / Mary-Ann Stamsø -- Australia / Kath Hulse...

We study neighbourhood externalities caused by large public investments in poor neighbourhoods. A stylised theory of a linear city is proposed to guide interpretation of the magnitude and attenuation of the external effects generated by these public investments. We use a large Dutch nationwide...