@article {10.34196/ijm.00115,
article_type = {journal},
title = {Endogenizing take-up of social assistance in a microsimulation model a case study for Germany},
author = {Wiemers, Jürgen},
volume = 8,
number = 2,
year = 2015,
month = {aug},
pub_date = {2015-08-31},
pages = {4-27},
citation = {IJM 2015;8(2):4-27},
doi = {10.34196/ijm.00115},
url = {https://doi.org/10.34196/ijm.00115},
abstract = {Microsimulation studies typically assume that all entitlements to means-tested benefits are actually claimed by eligible households, despite a large body of research that suggests that take-up rates are substantially below 100\%. The assumption of full take-up tends to exaggerate the simulated increase in caseloads and fiscal costs of a social policy reform. This paper investigates the impact of non-take-up for two hypothetical scenarios, namely increasing and decreasing the base amount of social assistance in Germany by €100 per month. We find a substantial effect of considering non-take-up on the simulated change in fiscal costs and in particular on the change in caseloads, where the full take-up assumption exaggerates the latter change by a factor of about two.},
keywords = {non-take-up, microsimulation},
journal = {IJM},
issn = {1747-5864},
publisher = {International Journal of Microsimulation},
}