Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/306911 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Series/Report no.: 
CeMPA Working Paper Series No. CeMPA WP 6/24
Publisher: 
University of Essex, Centre for Microsimulation and Policy Analysis (CeMPA), Colchester
Abstract: 
This paper investigates the behavioural dynamics of the take-up of social benefits in the UK. Utilising data from the first nine waves (2010-2019) of the UK Household Longitudinal Study (UKHLS) and eligibility simulations based on the UKMOD tax-benefit calculator (UKHLS-UKMOD), the study finds that there is a significant state dependence effect once initial conditions and unobserved heterogeneity are considered. While economic factors are found to play an important role in explaining the take-up of social benefits, personality traits and cognitive skills do not exhibit a strong and direct influence on the take-up of social benefits. The study concludes by discussing policy implications.
Subjects: 
Microsimulation
Life Course Analysis
Surveys
Psychology
Welfare Benefits
Economics
Area Effects
Geography
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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