Stigma in welfare programs

0560004 - NHÚ 2023 RIV US eng V - Výzkumná zpráva
Celhay, P. A. - Meyer, B. D. - Mittag, Nikolas
Stigma in welfare programs.
Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research, 2022. 31 s. NBER working paper series, 30307.
Institucionální podpora: RVO:67985998
Klíčová slova: welfare stigma * program participation * social networks
Obor OECD: Applied Economics, Econometrics
https://www.nber.org/papers/w30307

Stigma of welfare participation is important for policy and survey design, because it deters program take-up and increases misreporting. Stigma is also relevant to the literature on social image concerns, yet empirical evidence is scant because stigma is difficult to empirically identify. We use a novel approach to studying stigma by examining the relationship between program participation in a recipient’s local network and underreporting program participation in surveys. We find a robust negative relationship and rule out explanations other than stigma. Stigma decreases when more peers engage in the stigmatized behavior and when such actions are less observable.
Trvalý link: https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0333114