How Reliable are Social Safety Nets? Value and Accessibility in Situations of Acute Economic Need

Immervoll, Herwig; Hyee, Raphaela; Fernández, Rodrigo; Lee, Jongmi

doi:10.2139/ssrn.4114808

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“…Previous comparative studies on the generosity of social assistance schemes have concentrated on comparing simulated coverage or macro-level indicators, such as levels and the number of recipients in multiple countries, while this approach leaves open questions about the accessibility and non-take-up of social assistance. An innovative study by Hyee et al (2020) proposed a regression analysis to study the accessibility and benefit levels of minimum income schemes. Our approach provides a complementary and more detailed approach by decomposing take-up into the legislation-based eligibility and non-take-up.…”

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“…Most comparative studies on policies have focused on a single issue, such as international comparisons of benefit levels, expenditure and recipiency (Gough, 2001;Gough et al, 1997), simulated eligibility in relation to the poverty line (Figari et al, 2013), or access issues, as reflected in non-take-up (Bargain et al, 2012). Hyee et al (2020) have suggested a regression-based method to compare the accessibility of minimum income schemes between countries. They analysed the receipt probability of minimum income benefits on different socio-economic factors.…”

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Smaller net or just fewer to catch? Disentangling the causes for the varying sizes of minimum income schemes

2022

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The sizes of minimum income schemes vary significantly even in welfare states that are considered similar. For example among Nordic countries, the share of recipients is almost double in Finland compared to Nordic peers. Considering the strong political will to diminish the receipt of last-resort benefits, we demonstrate a methodological framework to evaluate the reasons for varying number of beneficiaries and apply it to two Nordic countries, Finland and Sweden. By using microsimulation of eligibility rates, we examine the role of social assistance legislation, first-tier benefits and non-take-up. Relatively high number of beneficiaries in Finland is traced back to social assistance policies such as higher norm levels and earning disregard but also to lower non-take-up rate of social assistance benefits, which potentially reflects looser discretion and asset test. We also find some, albeit weak, evidence that the implementation reform of social assistance in Finland 2017 has further reduced non-take-up.

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Smaller net or just fewer to catch? Disentangling the causes for the varying sizes of minimum income schemes

2022

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“…Germany is a relevant intermediate case as it ranges between the Scandinavian countries and the U.S. with respect to income inequality, the prevalence of poverty, and the generosity of minimum income protection and social spending (OECD, 2019). Germany has much lower poverty rates after taxes and transfers than the U.S. but higher ones than Sweden (Immervoll et al, 2022). The institutions of the welfare state affect the effectiveness of minimum income protection including its intergenerational effects; therefore, a comparison of intergenerational transmission effects across the different national welfare systems (e.g., following Esping-Andersen, 1990, liberal vs. conservative vs. social-democratic systems) can be informative.…”

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Intergenerational Transmission of Welfare Benefit Receipt: Evidence from Germany

Feichtmayer,

Riphahn

2023

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Intergenerational Transmission of Welfare Benefit Receipt: Evidence from Germany

Riphahn,

Feichtmayer

2024

Review of Income and Wealth

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We study the intergenerational transmission of welfare benefit receipt in Germany. We first describe the correlation between welfare receipt experienced in the parental household and subsequent own welfare receipt of young adults. In a second step, we investigate whether the observed correlations reflect causal effects of past welfare experience. We use family fixed effects estimations and Gottschalk's (1996) approach and take advantage of the long‐running German Socio‐Economic Panel Survey to contribute to a sparse literature. We find strong positive correlations between parental and own welfare receipt. These patterns do, however, not persist after controlling for unobserved heterogeneities. Therefore, our results suggest that the strong intergenerational correlation of welfare benefit receipt is determined by family background rather than by the experience of parental welfare benefit receipt.

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How Reliable are Social Safety Nets? Value and Accessibility in Situations of Acute Economic Need

Cited by 3 publications

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Smaller net or just fewer to catch? Disentangling the causes for the varying sizes of minimum income schemes

Smaller net or just fewer to catch? Disentangling the causes for the varying sizes of minimum income schemes

Intergenerational Transmission of Welfare Benefit Receipt: Evidence from Germany

Intergenerational Transmission of Welfare Benefit Receipt: Evidence from Germany

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