Misreporting of program take-up in survey data and its consequences for measuring non-take-up: new evidence from linked administrative and survey data

Bruckmeier, Kerstin; Riphahn, Regina T.; Wiemers, Jürgen

doi:10.1007/s00181-020-01921-4

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“…To determine participants' eligibility for and take-up of welfare schemes is difficult and involves a substantial degree of measurement error (Bruckmeier et al, 2021). It is particularly problematic regarding those who are "near eligible" (Shaefer and Gutierrez, 2013).…”

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To Claim or Not to Claim: Investigating Non-Take-Up of Welfare Schemes Targeting Hong Kong Older Adults and the Stigma Attached to Them

Kühner¹,

Chou

2023

J. Soc. Pol.

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This article investigates the unique contribution of specific programme characteristics together with personal stigma, stigmatisation by the public, and claims stigma, to the non-take-up of targeted income support among Hong Kong older adults. Drawing on data from a sample of 3,299 Hong Kong older adults aged 65 or above, we find that between 11-14 per cent of eligible participants did not receive cash transfers from Normal and Higher Old Age Living Allowance (OALA) and old-age Comprehensive Social Security Assistance (old-age CSSA). By combining mainstream economic analysis with attempts to quantify welfare stigma (Baumberg, 2016) we find that transaction costs were most consistently and strongly related to non-take-up of targeted income support; non-take-up of old-age CSSA and Higher OALA but not Normal OALA varied with welfare stigma after controlling for personal and household characteristics of study participants. This article further adds to the literature by examining the effect of recent reforms to asset- and means-tested benefits for the same target population of older adults on take-up in the East Asian context. The article suggests that automatic switching of beneficiaries from Normal OALA to Higher OALA effectively facilitated higher take-up of the latter. The policy implications of these various findings are discussed.

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To Claim or Not to Claim: Investigating Non-Take-Up of Welfare Schemes Targeting Hong Kong Older Adults and the Stigma Attached to Them

Kühner¹,

Chou

2023

J. Soc. Pol.

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“…Furthermore, using simulated values typically assumes full take-up of benefits by those who are eligible to receive them, which is unlikely to be true in reality. Benefit receipts in surveys, on the other hand, can be subject to significant misreporting which may be correlated with other characteristics ( Mittag, 2019 , Bruckmeier et al, 2021 ).…”

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The redistributive power of cash transfers vs VAT exemptions: A multi-country study

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“…For example, respondents were asked to rate their own German language abilities. Other answers may have been affected by misconceptions, as some respondents may have confused different types of benefits (Bruckmeier et al, 2021). Finally, recall bias (i.e., forgetting), confusion due to different benefits being claimed simultaneously, or social desirability bias due to stigma can all lead to underreporting of welfare receipt (Moffitt, 1983;Bound et al, 2001;Bruckmeier et al, 2014Bruckmeier et al, , 2021Krafft et al, 2015).…”

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Determinants of welfare benefit use of immigrant groups - longitudinal evidence from Germany

Frank

2022

Front. Sociol.

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While recent literature in Germany has compared predictors of welfare use between EU and non-EU immigrants, refugees have yet to be added to the analysis. Using survey data of approximately 4,000 immigrants living in Germany, I examine the determinants of basic unemployment benefits receipt for intra-EU immigrants, refugees, and third country immigrants. In particular, I investigate how education affects the likelihood of welfare use for each immigrant group. Even after controlling for human capital factors, sociodemographic characteristics, and factors related to migration such as legal status and age at migration, refugees remain significantly more likely to receive benefits. Results demonstrate that higher education significantly decreases the likelihood of welfare receipt for EU and third country immigrants, but much less so for refugees. These findings may indicate that refugees' education is not being used to its full potential in the labor market or that they face additional challenges hindering their labor market integration. A further and unanticipated finding is that immigrants who hold permanent residency or German citizenship are less likely to receive unemployment benefits, pointing either to positive effects of a secure residency or selection into permanent residency and citizenship among those with the greatest labor market success. Overall, this research shows that challenges beyond human capital deficiencies and sociodemographic characteristics must be considered when studying immigrants' receipt of social benefits, that not all educational credentials are valued equally, and that the experiences of refugees differ in significant ways from those of other immigrant groups.

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Misreporting of program take-up in survey data and its consequences for measuring non-take-up: new evidence from linked administrative and survey data

Cited by 17 publications

References 47 publications

To Claim or Not to Claim: Investigating Non-Take-Up of Welfare Schemes Targeting Hong Kong Older Adults and the Stigma Attached to Them

To Claim or Not to Claim: Investigating Non-Take-Up of Welfare Schemes Targeting Hong Kong Older Adults and the Stigma Attached to Them

The redistributive power of cash transfers vs VAT exemptions: A multi-country study

Determinants of welfare benefit use of immigrant groups - longitudinal evidence from Germany

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