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Social jealousy and stigma : negative externalities of social assistance payments in Germany
New, Sonja C. de; Haisken-DeNew, John P. - 2009
This paper examines the role of social assistance payments (SAP or Sozialhilfe) in determining levels of life … increased SAP payments controlling for income, whether or not they actually receive such payments (stigma and social jealousy … those who do receive benefits (stigma) suggesting that social jealousy and stigma are a force to be reckoned with when …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003861413
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Social Jealousy and Stigma - Negative Externalities of Social Assistance Payments in Germany
de New (née Kassenboehmer), Sonja C.; Haisken-DeNew, … - 2014
This paper examines the role of social assistance payments (SAP or Sozialhilfe) in determining levels of life … increased SAP payments controlling for income, whether or not they actually receive such payments (stigma and social jealousy … those who do receive benefits (stigma) suggesting that social jealousy and stigma are a force to be reckoned with when …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014202517
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Social Jealousy and Stigma: Negative Externalities of Social Assistance Payments in Germany
Kassenböhmer, Sonja C.; Haisken-DeNew, John P. - 2010
This paper examines the role of social assistance payments (SAP or Sozialhilfe) in determining levels of life … increased SAP payments controlling for income, whether or not they actually receive such payments (stigma and social jealousy … those who do receive benefits (stigma) suggesting that social jealousy and stigma are a force to be reckoned with when …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274418
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Social Jealousy and Stigma: Negative Externalities of Social Assistance Payments in Germany
Kassenboehmer, Sonja C.; Haisken-DeNew, John P. - Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für … - 2009
This paper examines the role of social assistance payments (SAP or Sozialhilfe) in determining levels of life … increased SAP payments controlling for income, whether or not they actually receive such payments (stigma and social jealousy … those who do receive benefits (stigma) suggesting that social jealousy and stigma are a force to be reckoned with when …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005024328
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By the Sweat of Their Brow : Welfare to Work in Los Angeles
Force, Peter - 2016
The nation's best known welfare program, Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) was created to give widows and destitute mothers the means to stay at home and care for children. However, the entry of large numbers of American mothers into the paid workforce has created increasing tension...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012993418
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Income support, (un-)employment and well-being
Hetschko, Clemens; Schöb, Ronnie; Wolf, Tobias - 2016
Using specific panel data of German welfare benefit recipients, we investigate the non-pecuniary life satisfaction effects of in-work benefits. Our empirical strategy combines difference-in-difference designs with synthetic control groups to analyze transitions of workers between unemployment,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011513025
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Income support, (un-)employment and well-being
Hetschko, Clemens; Schöb, Ronnie; Wolf, Tobias - 2016
Using specific panel data of German welfare benefit recipients, we investigate the nonpecuniary life satisfaction effects of in-work benefits. Our empirical strategy combines difference-in-difference designs with synthetic control groups to analyze transitions of workers between unemployment,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011515336
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Welfare stigma in the lab : evidence of social signaling
Friedrichsen, Jana; König, Tobias; Schmacker, Renke - 2017
can exclude other explanations for the observed stigma effect. In the experiment, social stigmatization implies a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011663605
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Welfare stigma in the lab : evidence of social signaling
Friedrichsen, Jana; König, Tobias; Schmacker, Renke - 2016
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011574103
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Social image concerns and welfare take-up
Friedrichsen, Jana; König, Tobias; Schmacker, Renke - 2018
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011905224