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 …

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. …

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 …

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. …