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Non-take-up of welfare schemes is a key concern of policy effectiveness. Building on studies that have shown the low take-up of minimum income schemes, our case study of Ireland's Working Family Payment is the first to analyse non-take-up of an in-work benefit and its determinants with a special...
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The desire to avoid the shame of being dependent on government aid is often cited as a cause of low welfare take-up rates. In contrast to other obstacles, such as transaction costs or a lack of information, little empirical research has been conducted on how stigma affects social benefits...
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Mehr als eine halbe Million ältere Menschen in Deutschland nehmen derzeit die Grundsicherung im Alter in Anspruch - mehr als doppelt so viele wie bei ihrer Einführung im Jahr 2003. Die Dunkelziffer derer, die Anspruch auf diese Leistung hätten, sie aber nicht geltend machen, kann nur...
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-2013 based on a combination of measures estimated using the EUROMOD tax-benefit microsimulation model. The analysis revealed high …
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A representative survey from August 2022 confirms public support for a universal basic income (UBI): Between 45 and 55 percent of respondents are in favor of a universal basic income and the unconditional financial security it promises. Two representative surveys from August 2022 investigate who...
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distribution of income. In order to decompose the impact of changes in different income components, we utilised a microsimulation …
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We study a set of hypothetical reforms of child benefits in Germany using a static tax-benefit microsimulation model …
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EUROMOD, the tax-benefit microsimulation model for the EU. As well as describing redistributive effects in aggregate, we …
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Die Scham, auf staatliche Hilfe angewiesen zu sein, wird häufig als Grund für eine niedrige Inanspruchnahme von Sozialleistungen genannt. Im Vergleich zu anderen Hemmnissen, wie beispielsweise mangelnden Informationen oder Transaktionskosten, gibt es aber nur wenig empirische Forschung zu den...
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