The Role of Stigma in the Design of Welfare Programs

Tomer Blumkin (), Efraim Sadka () and Yoram Margalioth ()
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Tomer Blumkin: Department of Economics,Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Efraim Sadka: The Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University
Yoram Margalioth: The Buchman Faculty of Law, Tel-Aviv University

No 806, Working Papers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Department of Economics

Abstract: We consider the notion of welfare stigma ? la Besley and Coate (1992b). This stigma is attributed to welfare claimants by society when they are perceived as undeserving in the sense that they falsely claim to be eligible for welfare benefits. However, due to imperfect information, this stigma may be extended, with some probability, to all welfare claimants. We examine the implications of this kind of stigma for the design of welfare programs.

Keywords: Welfare; Take Up; Targeting; Inequality; Stigma (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D6 H2 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 24 pages
Date: 2008
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