A new targeting - a new take-up?: non-take-up of social assistance in Germany after social policy reforms

Kerstin Bruckmeier and Jürgen Wiemers
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Kerstin Bruckmeier: Institute for Employment Research (IAB), Nuremberg, Germany
Jürgen Wiemers: Institute for Employment Research (IAB), Nuremberg, Germany

No 201110, IAB-Discussion Paper from Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany]

Abstract: "We present first estimates of rates of non-take-up for social assistance in Germany after the implementation of major social policy reforms in 2005. The analysis is based on a microsimulation model, which includes a detailed description of the German social assistance programme. Our findings suggest a moderate decrease in non-take-up compared to estimates before the reform. In order to identify the determinants of claiming social assistance, we estimate a model of take-up behaviour which considers potential endogeneity of the benefit level. The estimations reveal that the degree of needs, measured as the social assistance benefit level a household is eligible for, and the expected duration of eligibility are the key determinants of the take-up decision, while costs of claiming seem to play a minor role." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

Keywords: Bundesrepublik Deutschland; Auswirkungen; Dauer; Grundsicherung nach SGB II; Grundsicherung nach SGB XII; Hartz-Reform; Inanspruchnahme; Leistungsanspruch; Leistungsbezug; Leistungsempfänger; Leistungshöhe; Anspruchsvoraussetzung; Quote; Sozialleistungen; 2005-2007 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C15 H31 I38 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 37 pages
Date: 2011
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Published in/as: Empirical Economics, Vol. 43, No. 2 (2012), S. 565-580, doi:10.1007/s00181-011-0505-9

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