Browsing by Subject "Take-up"

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How tight are safety-nets in Nordic countries? : evidence from Finnish register data

Bargain, Olivier ; Immervoll, Herwig ; Viitamäki, Heikki (University College Dublin; School of EconomicsUCD Geary Institute, 2007-08)

The 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 ...
No claim, no pain - measuring the non-take-up of social assistance using register data

Bargain, Olivier ; Immervoll, Herwig ; Viitamäki, Heikki (University College Dublin. School of Economics, 2009-12)

The main objectives of social assistance bene…fits, including poverty alleviation and labor-market or social reintegration, can be seriously compromised if support is difficult to access. While recent studies point to ...