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Kayser, H., Frick, J. Take It or Leave It: (Non-)Take-Up Behavior of Social Assistance in Germany. Journal of Contextual Economics – Schmollers Jahrbuch, 121(1), 27-58. https://doi.org/10.3790/schm.121.1.27
Kayser, Hilke and Frick, Joachim R. "Take It or Leave It: (Non-)Take-Up Behavior of Social Assistance in Germany" Journal of Contextual Economics – Schmollers Jahrbuch 121.1, 2001, 27-58. https://doi.org/10.3790/schm.121.1.27
Kayser, Hilke/Frick, Joachim R. (2001): Take It or Leave It: (Non-)Take-Up Behavior of Social Assistance in Germany, in: Journal of Contextual Economics – Schmollers Jahrbuch, vol. 121, iss. 1, 27-58, [online] https://doi.org/10.3790/schm.121.1.27

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Take It or Leave It: (Non-)Take-Up Behavior of Social Assistance in Germany

Kayser, Hilke | Frick, Joachim R.

Journal of Contextual Economics – Schmollers Jahrbuch, Vol. 121 (2001), Iss. 1 : pp. 27–58

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Kayser, Hilke

Frick, Joachim R.

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Abstract

Analyzing the under-consumption of benefits in the German means-tested Social Assistance program using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study we confirm recent high estimates of a non-take-up rate of more than 60 percent. In light of likely measurement errors in income and in our simulation of household needs, we provide a range of estimates yielding useful boundaries for the non-take-up rate. We show that the rate varies greatly depending on the determination of eligibility. Simulation results pertaining to the amount of unclaimed benefits are qualitatively similar to those for the non-take-up rate. In our multivariate analyses on determinants of (non-)take-up behavior we find distinct differences across population groups and significant impacts of proxies for stigma, application costs and social ties.