Non take up of social benefits in Greece and Spain

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Even though interest in non take up of social benefits is considerable in many European countries, the topic is under-researched in southern Europe. The paper provides preliminary estimates of the extent of non take up of two pairs of means-tested retirement benefits in Greece and Spain. The benefits examined are (i) the minimum pension supplements 'pensioner social solidarity benefit EKAS' and 'complementos por mínimos', and (ii) the social pensions 'pension to uninsured elderly' and 'pensión de jubilación no contributiva'. The paper finds that non take up of social benefits in the two countries is rather extensive, examines the methodological difficulties inherent in the analysis of non take up, and concludes with a discussion of the results and their implications.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: EUROMOD Working Paper ; No. EM7/10

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions ; Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents: Household ; National Government Expenditures and Welfare Programs ; Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty: Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
• Thema: non take up ; means-tested benefits ; Greece ; Spain ; Mindestrente ; Soziale Mindestsicherung ; Alte Menschen ; Griechenland ; Spanien

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Matsaganis, Manos ; Levy, Horacio ; Flevotomou, Maria
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): University of Essex, Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER)
• (wo): Colchester
• (wann): 2010

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/64889
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ