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Project

"To take or not to take?" Naar een beter begrip van de institutionele en persoonlijke hindernissen bij het aanvragen van uitkeringen.

Social benefits targeted at the poor are an important part of modern welfare states. However,recent evidence shows that in many European countries only a fraction of those that are supposedto benefit, take up their social rights. Yet, we have relatively little insight into what drives nontake-up and how policy design can be improved so as to increase take-up. Furthermore, researchon this topic, especially in Belgium, is rather scarce. This is unfortunate, because non-take-upundermines the effectiveness of public policies, and a better understanding of non-take-up couldmake a significant contribution to further insights into economic behaviour of households andtheir interaction with the welfare state. Therefore, the main objective of this research proposal isto investigate non-take-up of Belgian social assistance schemes and to make progress on threedimensions on which we lack evidence: 1) the size (how big is the problem?), 2) the causes (howcan it be explained?) and 3) the solutions (what can be done?). To do so, I will build on the latesttheoretical insights, collect and analyse new and existing administrative and survey data, and makeuse of both microsimulation techniques and field experiments. The results will allow us to a)generate new insights into the economic behaviour of households in general, and the non-take upof social benefits in particular; and b) inform policy makers on how to make existing policymeasures more effective for reducing poverty.
Datum:1 okt 2017 →  30 sep 2018
Trefwoorden:SOCIALE VOORDELEN
Disciplines:Toegepaste sociologie, Beleid en administratie, Sociale psychologie, Sociale stratificatie, Sociale theorie en sociologische methoden, Sociologie van levensloop, gezin en gezondheid, Andere sociologie en antropologie