Estimating the impact of a policy reform on welfare participation: the 2001 extension to the minimum income guarantee for UK pensioners

"In 2001 the Minimum Income Guarantee for UK pensioners was reformed, changing the structure and level of benefits. We evaluate the behavioural response to this reform, using nonparametric analysis of data on some pensioners interviewed before and others after the reform, using matching on simu...

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Main Authors: Pudney, Stephen, Zantomio, Francesca, Hancock, Ruth
Institution:ETUI-European Trade Union Institute
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Language:English
Published: Colchester 2006
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Online Access:https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19180147124919083299-estimating-the-impact-of-a-pol.htm
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author Pudney, Stephen
Zantomio, Francesca
Hancock, Ruth
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Zantomio, Francesca
Hancock, Ruth
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description "In 2001 the Minimum Income Guarantee for UK pensioners was reformed, changing the structure and level of benefits. We evaluate the behavioural response to this reform, using nonparametric analysis of data on some pensioners interviewed before and others after the reform, using matching on simulated pre- and post-reform entitlements and other characteristics. We consider the effect of measurement error in simulated entitlements and argue that nonparametric and conventional parametric approaches are complementary, since they bound the true reform effect in simple cases. The take-up response is found to be significant and positive, with evidence of larger impacts from the nonparametric analysis."
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spellingShingle Pudney, Stephen
Zantomio, Francesca
Hancock, Ruth
guaranteed income
old age benefit
older people
pension reform
statistics
Estimating the impact of a policy reform on welfare participation: the 2001 extension to the minimum income guarantee for UK pensioners
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title Estimating the impact of a policy reform on welfare participation: the 2001 extension to the minimum income guarantee for UK pensioners
topic guaranteed income
old age benefit
older people
pension reform
statistics
url https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19180147124919083299-estimating-the-impact-of-a-pol.htm