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dc.contributor.authorRehdanz, Katrinen_US
dc.contributor.authorStöwhase, Svenen_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-12-11T15:06:47Z-
dc.date.available2009-12-11T15:06:47Z-
dc.date.issued2008en_US
dc.identifier.citation29 3 329-345 Fiscal studies 0143-5671en_US
dc.identifier.pidoi:10.1111/j.1475-5890.2008.00077.xen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/28716-
dc.description.abstractWithin the German welfare system, recipients' heating expenditures are generally fully covered by the government. This paper empirically tests the hypothesis that households receiving welfare payments turn to overconsumption of residential space heating. We use micro-data from two different data sources to explore whether the conditional heating expenditures of these households differ significantly from those of other households. Our empirical findings suggest that even when controlling for a range of other factors, this is indeed the case, as their heating expenditures lie about 7–8 per cent above those of other households. These results are fairly robust to sensitivity analyses. Comparing the results with those for a control group, expenditures for heating are still more than 5 per cent higher. Our results imply that there is potential scope for cost savings if this policy is changed.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.subject.jelH23en_US
dc.subject.jelH43en_US
dc.subject.jelQ41en_US
dc.subject.jelQ48en_US
dc.subject.ddc330en_US
dc.subject.keywordsocial welfareen_US
dc.subject.keywordGermanyen_US
dc.subject.keywordspace heatingen_US
dc.subject.keywordeconomic incentivesen_US
dc.subject.keywordmatchingen_US
dc.subject.stwWärmeenergieen_US
dc.subject.stwHeizungsanlageen_US
dc.subject.stwVerbraucherausgabenen_US
dc.subject.stwEnergiesparenen_US
dc.subject.stwSozialhilfeempfängeren_US
dc.subject.stwDeutschlanden_US
dc.titleCost liability and residential space heating expenditures of welfare recipients in Germanyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.ppn59144948Xen_US
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen-
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