Blumkin, Tomer; Margalioth, Yoram; Sadka, Efraim - CESifo - 2008
We consider the notion of welfare stigma à la Besley and Coate (1992b). This stigma is attributed to welfare claimants … benefits. However, due to imperfect information, this stigma may be extended, with some probability, to all welfare claimants …. We examine the implications of this kind of stigma for the design of welfare programs. …