-take-up behaviour of Social Assistance (SA) in Germany. According to our simulation as much as 67 percent of the eligible population did …

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 …

Microsimulation studies typically assume that all entitlements to means-tested benefits are actually claimed by … amount of social assistance in Germany by €100 per month. We find a substantial effect of considering non-take-up on the …

attributed to immigrants' higher risk of welfare dependence. We study whether immigrants in Germany also differ from their German … determine eligibility for welfare benefits for a representative sample of the whole population of Germany using a … microsimulation model (IAB-STSM) based on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) and then (ii) to estimate probit models of …

-take-up behaviour of Social Assistance (SA) in Germany. According to our simulation as much as 67 percent of the eligible population did …

-take-up behaviour of Social Assistance (SA) in Germany. According to our simulation as much as 67 percent of the eligible population did …

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 …

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 … take-up decision, while costs of claiming seem to play a minor role. -- Non-Take-Up ; Social Assistance ; Microsimulation …