Welfare receipt misreporting in survey data and its consequences for state dependence estimates: new insights from linked administrative and survey data

Abstract In many advanced welfare states, welfare recipients often receive benefits for long periods. This persistence of welfare receipt can be caused by two distinct mechanisms: genuine or spurious state dependence. Knowledge of which of the two mechanisms drives the observed state dependence is i...

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Main Authors: Kerstin Bruckmeier, Katrin Hohmeyer, Stefan Schwarz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-12-01
Series:Journal for Labour Market Research
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12651-018-0250-z