The Trouble with Take-Up

Doorley, Karina; Kakoulidou, Theano

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“…There is a well-documented pattern of imperfect take-up of cash and non-cash benefits both nationally and internationally (Bhargava and Manoli, 2015;Doorley and Kakoulidou, 2023). The DCEDIY will allow for a three-year transition period, where childminders will be encouraged to register with Tusla, but will not be required to do so.…”

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Extending the National Childcare Scheme to childminders: Cost and distributional effect

Doorley,

Tuda,

Duggan

2023

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Growing Up in Ireland (GUI) is funded by the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (DCEDIY). It is managed by DCEDIY in association with the Central Statistics Office (CSO). Results in this report are based on analyses of data from Research Microdata Files provided by the Central Statistics Office (CSO). Neither the CSO nor DCEDIY take any responsibility for the views expressed or the outputs generated from these analyses.

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Extending the National Childcare Scheme to childminders: Cost and distributional effect

Doorley,

Tuda,

Duggan

2023

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Non-take-up of in-work benefits: determinants, benefit erosion and indexing

Muñoz-Higueras,

Köppe,

Granell

et al. 2024

J Labour Market Res

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Non-take-up of welfare schemes is a key concern of policy effectiveness. Building on studies that have shown the low take-up of minimum income schemes, our case study of Ireland’s Working Family Payment is the first to analyse non-take-up of an in-work benefit and its determinants with a special focus on labour market factors. Based on EU-SILC (2014–2019) we estimate a non-take-up rate between 63 and 76%, which poses a major obstacle for effective poverty prevention. Moreover, we stress that non-take-up of in-work benefits differs to minimum income schemes. We provide new evidence on how labour market characteristics play an important role in explaining non-take-up, especially self-employment and the interaction with unemployment benefits. Benefit erosion is a key factor in declining eligibility, which should be addressed by indexing wages and prices. Furthermore, we propose policy reforms around automatic enrolment or tax credits to mitigate non-take-up and alleviate in-work poverty.

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The Trouble with Take-Up

Cited by 2 publications

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Extending the National Childcare Scheme to childminders: Cost and distributional effect

Extending the National Childcare Scheme to childminders: Cost and distributional effect

Non-take-up of in-work benefits: determinants, benefit erosion and indexing

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