Who misreports welfare receipt in surveys?

Abstract

"We match survey and administrative data and determine the extent of misreporting on welfare receipt. In our data, 10.5% of German welfare recipients under-report and 1% over-report benefit receipt. The analysis shows that particularly households who are close to the labour market, without children, and with relatively high household incomes and savings are prone to under-report their welfare receipt. This information is important for the study of transfer programmes based on survey data." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Bruckmeier, K., Müller, G. & Riphahn, R. (2014): Who misreports welfare receipt in surveys? In: Applied Economics Letters, Vol. 21, No. 12, p. 812-816. DOI:10.1080/13504851.2013.877566