The Role of Stigma in the Design of Welfare Programs

Tomer Blumkin, Yoram Margalioth and Efraim Sadka

No 2305, CESifo Working Paper Series from CESifo

Abstract: We consider the notion of welfare stigma à 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: D60 H20 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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