Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/26350 
Year of Publication: 
2008
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 2305
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
We consider the notion of welfare stigma à la Besley and Coate (1992b). This stigma is attributed to welfare claimants by society when they are perceived as undeserving in the sense that they falsely claim to be eligible for welfare 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.
Subjects: 
welfare
take up
targeting
inequality
stigma
JEL: 
H2
D6
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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