Who misreports welfare receipt in surveys?

Kerstin Bruckmeier, Gerrit M�ller and Regina Riphahn

Applied Economics Letters, 2014, vol. 21, issue 12, 812-816

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.

Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2013.877566

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