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dc.contributor.authorBargain, Olivieren
dc.contributor.authorImmervoll, Herwigen
dc.contributor.authorViitamäki, Heikkien
dc.date.accessioned2010-12-16T13:35:31Z-
dc.date.available2010-12-16T13:35:31Z-
dc.date.issued2007-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/43344-
dc.description.abstractThe non take-up of social assistance benefits due to claim costs may seriously limit the anti-poverty effect of these programs. Yet, available evidence is fragmented and mostly relies on interview-based data, potentially biased by misreporting and measurement errors on both benefit entitlement and income levels used to assess eligibility. In this paper, we use Finnish administrative data to compare eligibility and actual receipt of social assistance by working-age families during the post-recession period (1996-2003). Possible errors due to time-period issues and discretionary measures by local agencies are carefully investigated. Non take-up is found to be substantial - between 40% and 50% - and increasing during the period. Using repeated cross-section estimations, we identify a set of stable determinants of claiming behavior and suggest that the increasing trend is mainly due to a composition effect, i.e. a decline in the proportion of groups with higher claiming propensity. We finally discuss the targeting efficiency of the social assistance scheme.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aUniversity College Dublin, UCD School of Economics |cDublinen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aUCD Centre for Economic Research Working Paper Series |xWP07/12en
dc.subject.jelD31en
dc.subject.jelH31en
dc.subject.jelH53en
dc.subject.jelI38en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordtake-upen
dc.subject.keywordsocial assistanceen
dc.subject.keywordpovetyen
dc.subject.keywordregister dataen
dc.subject.stwArmutspolitiken
dc.subject.stwÖffentliche Sozialausgabenen
dc.subject.stwSozialhilfeempfängeren
dc.subject.stwWirkungsanalyseen
dc.subject.stwFinnlanden
dc.titleHow tight are safety-nets in Nordic Countries? Evidence from Finnish register data-
dc.type|aWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn557443083en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen
dc.identifier.repecRePEc:ucn:wpaper:200712en

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